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Gold Rush S16 E1 Records Will be Broken
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00:00:00market volatility gold stands out gold just hit a new record $3,500 an ounce and the price of gold
00:00:13has been climbing this is somewhere that economists believe will continue to be a safe haven it is
00:00:18Tony how's it going man good how are you hanging in there yeah you got some of that
00:00:29tiny shiny coming in yes good it has all the makings of a good season Parker hey gold price
00:00:37yeah I don't even like to talk about it or look at it me neither because it should be illegal that's
00:00:42how high it is isn't it well then it like goes down $300 and I'm like what's happening and it's
00:00:47like oh it's still up a thousand yes if you want to beef up your piggy bank well that'll be the year
00:00:53whether I want to say the number or not because I keep saying it and not hitting it but no we're
00:00:59gonna have to start doing 10,000 a year for for a while now that's a lot of bucks you better get
00:01:04with it bring it on you're going big why do you need to do six six and a half if we do more we do
00:01:13more yeah anyway that has all the makings of a good year long as the price stays there yeah no it's good
00:01:19to see you I'm glad you're doing well same deal hopefully the wars are behind us right
00:01:26bye bye
00:01:32Tony and I've known each other for you know 14 years that's wild like 99% of the time it's great
00:01:45that one percent absolutely sucks and he's like one of the biggest on the planet but 99% of the time
00:01:51is she's wonderful maybe 95 percent
00:01:5716 years ago three-fifths of an ounce which is about eight hundred dollars a global financial crash
00:02:08caused gold prices to rock it's just gold fever to one thousand dollars an ounce
00:02:16I'm going to do it sparking let's find it up a modern day gold rush it's alive wash the rocks baby
00:02:24but striking it rich proved harder than imagined that's it we're done now breaking news on wall
00:02:32street with stocks tumbling gold and safe havens they are surging gold prices have more than tripled
00:02:40to an all-time high three thousand five hundred dollars per ounce we're going gold mining boys
00:02:48with just six months to cash in whoa whoa whoa are we here for a shootout
00:02:58top dogs I don't ask questions I give orders are you going to behave and underdogs I'm just the
00:03:06delivery boy I don't really give a I just want to get paid collide I got a job offer from Parker
00:03:13and play dirty can I trust you on this hi yeah to hit the jackpot holy smokes that's a hell of a
00:03:25hit we joke about it being an addiction but it literally is some you made a mess will not
00:03:32survive pick me out somebody to fire yeah it sucks man it really sucks others soar to new heights
00:03:43there's nothing like making money of your kid system and set records I was not expecting that
00:03:54baby amazing yeah 2043 and a half ounces that's wild you get a pan you get a pan genuinely that's insane
00:04:24the Yukon North America's last frontier
00:04:29for over a century prospectors have scoured these valleys and creeks for life-changing gold
00:04:39with just a few summer months to make their fortunes
00:04:45the stars are aligned for us gold prices crazy we've got a ton of ground prep on Dominion and we're
00:04:55going to be able to stretch our legs and really run and see what it's made out of this is the year
00:05:01that we'll find out 30 year old Parker Schnabel is on the precipice of a career defining season the gold
00:05:12mining prodigy who started out with a crew of two is now a mining mogul with 60 machines and a 40 person
00:05:21crew we've got amazing people and then we have like this crazy gold price and we're dangerously close to
00:05:30things being really good I just want to go to work I just want to wash rocks and you know get sluicy
00:05:39goosey for the tiny shiny it's all I want to do I did not I have not told you how to do your job one
00:05:48time this whole year just 16 years old when he first became a mind boss I'm pretty young and it's tough to
00:05:55you know I never know if I'm doing the right thing or not Parker struggled I'm spending the
00:06:02money here and I make the calls to manage his crew if you can't handle it then maybe this isn't the place
00:06:09for you you are making an enemy out of me but as the young miner grew in gold mining you're only as
00:06:16good as the people you have he evolved oh yeah look at that our season starts now I'll stand behind
00:06:26them any day of the week with a vision that spawned a gold mining empire wow that's the biggest clean
00:06:33that we've ever had and delivered more than 115 million dollars in gold this does not stop here
00:06:45I'm losing faith in you guys but last season it's been one fight after the next we're not making money
00:06:54when we're doing it like this it's frustrating I know what we were doing was wrong Parker crashed and
00:07:01burned worst cleanup ever I don't like this feeling I don't like being a loser we came up short and it's
00:07:15not gonna happen again this winter I have spent all the money I can get my hands on buying equipment and
00:07:22hiring people it's a challenge this is kind of uncharted territory for me so much going on we just
00:07:31have to hammer down focus on washing rocks filling jars and everybody's gonna have to step up 40 miles
00:07:43southeast of Dawson City lies Parker's Kingdom an area nearly the size of Manhattan his main operation is
00:07:53Dominion Creek is Dominion Creek land he's bought where he'll run three wash plants to deliver the bulk of
00:08:00his gold 25 miles northwest he'll send a satellite crew to sulfur Creek to hunt for pockets of gold left
00:08:09behind by the old timers running the enormous operation will cost Parker a hundred thousand dollars each day
00:08:18but if he's successful he could bring in more than 35 million dollars in gold this year
00:08:26so happening man how are you guys yo yo doing good are you not too bad welcome to my map room very nice
00:08:38swear it all happens eh how was your winter it was good I uh was a bum for the most part
00:08:47to execute his master plan Parker's counting on his trusted lieutenants Mitch Blaschke and Tyson Lee
00:08:57we're gonna do 10,000 ounces this year
00:08:59like we keep talking about it but we actually have to just do it so we're gonna run four plants this year
00:09:11yeah wow trying to run four wash plants this is like we were all over the place last year trying
00:09:18to cover our bases and like we're gonna be spread out you know how it is when that happens yeah I know I
00:09:25know that there's gonna be a lot of challenges I'm I'm not I don't disagree with you Tyson I need you on
00:09:33Dominion running a whole operation right so good luck thanks I'll need it I don't know what's gonna
00:09:44come out of sulfur and it's gonna be a difficult project so I need you to go over there Mitch and
00:09:49get that sorted out first we only have a partial season on the water license so we need to get it
00:09:56done in a hurry all right Parker's sulfur water license a permit to pull water from creeks to wash
00:10:03gold expires in just 10 weeks after that he can't mind the claim so what kind of crew do we have to
00:10:11get this done we've hired a bunch of new people okay one big thing is people who can't do their job
00:10:21we need to fire we want to have the best of the best but you guys are the ones that are going to
00:10:26be able to make this happen or not it's brutal right it's going to be a stressful year for you two
00:10:36yeah I know it's a bit of a daunting task but like I'm excited exhausting yeah no days off you just had
00:10:46six months off yeah thanks for coming back yeah I appreciate having you guys here and I'm looking
00:10:55forward to this season yeah for sure thanks man all right let's do it there's a lot of work to do
00:11:03there's a lot of gold to find now it's up to Mitch and Tyson to get the job done hopefully
00:11:10the job will get done hopefully it's the two of them that does it that's what I mean
00:11:17things are already starting off a little bit different here Parker made it very clear that
00:11:26you know everybody's got to pull their weight and then some we got no room for air
00:11:31last year Mitch was in charge this year it's going to be on my shoulders
00:11:37last year I was managing one wash plant this year going to be managing three so no cups we got to
00:11:45find a ton of gold Tyson's first mission is to start pulling in gold on Dominion's bridge cut
00:11:55the crew has spent two years mining this spot with mixed results now Parker's season rides on it
00:12:06delivering big but there's a problem over winter water flooded the cut and the gold bearing pay dirt
00:12:15is buried under three feet of solid ice
00:12:19I'm in the 250 got Michael in the 390
00:12:42coming to work for Parker it's uh kind of the dream come true I like the way he runs his outfit
00:12:50his gears really nice
00:12:52we got Amy here first truckload ice heading out of the cut first of many
00:13:01this is my first time driving a rock truck before they can get to pay dirt Tyson's crew needs to shift
00:13:11over 25,000 tons of ice
00:13:14I 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 but we're a long ways away from
00:13:37that
00:13:46how are things going
00:13:47well man the ice is a lot thicker than we thought eh
00:13:50yeah there's a lot of ice in here
00:13:53and it's really rotten
00:13:54so what's your plan
00:13:56just keep uh building piles
00:13:59trucking off this ice
00:14:01right
00:14:02okay
00:14:04we have extra trucks in the yard no
00:14:06you got any more people
00:14:08any more iron you can give us
00:14:11I don't know
00:14:18okay
00:14:20thanks dude
00:14:23no worries
00:14:24see ya
00:14:25if by the end of the week I don't have the ice out of this cut and the wash plant going
00:14:39I'll have failed my first task first week of the season
00:14:42Parker just wants the ice out and the wash plant going
00:14:47the long and short of it
00:14:48I don't really want to spend money trucking ice
00:14:55but we really don't have much of an alternative so
00:14:59um we're just going to have to suck it up
00:15:02we need to get sleuthing
00:15:05that's going to be what makes or breaks the season
00:15:07yeah here we go
00:15:32I can't believe we're sleuthing as early as we are
00:15:35we started the season early
00:15:38but we want to keep that up
00:15:40everybody's in the rush
00:15:4210 miles south
00:15:44at Indian River
00:15:45King of the Clondon
00:15:47Tony Beetz
00:15:48is already two weeks
00:15:50ahead of his rivals
00:15:51we're giving a
00:15:52and the gold prize is in our favor
00:15:55we were sleuthing days
00:15:57for two weeks
00:15:57we got the early bird cut
00:15:59it was all taught ground
00:16:00so that was awesome
00:16:01Tony's hoping for a quick score
00:16:04from the 13 acre early bird cut
00:16:07if the gold prize stays where it is
00:16:12and we lose most of the summer
00:16:13like we did last year
00:16:14darn thing
00:16:15f*** me
00:16:16you're going to make enough money
00:16:17to set up three generations
00:16:19when there's opportunities there
00:16:23grab it
00:16:2340 years ago
00:16:25Tony and wife Minnie
00:16:26left the Netherlands
00:16:28to seek their fortune
00:16:29in the Yukon
00:16:31all we had was 300 bucks
00:16:32I work 14 hours a day
00:16:34every f***ing day
00:16:35from nothing
00:16:37Tony grew a 60 million dollar
00:16:40mining dynasty
00:16:41I'm trying to build a future
00:16:43for my kids
00:16:44they gotta take over
00:16:46they're gonna have to run
00:16:47the circus all by themselves
00:16:48f***ing piece of s***
00:16:54I've never ever
00:16:56never ever
00:16:57had that much horse s*** here before
00:16:59until two years ago
00:17:01there's six, seven million in the hole
00:17:04when the business
00:17:05descended into chaos
00:17:07if I ever seen the f*** up
00:17:08then I'm looking at it
00:17:09his family fractured
00:17:11he's running it into the f***ing ground
00:17:13he told me
00:17:15this cut was gonna be mine
00:17:17oh really
00:17:18yeah
00:17:19feeling a little shafted
00:17:22I shut down the plant
00:17:23you just quit
00:17:26you gotta be f***ing kidding me
00:17:27every f***ing time
00:17:29I'll tell you one thing
00:17:32I won't give up that easy
00:17:34but the Klondike King
00:17:38pulled his family together
00:17:40our kids are really stepping up this year
00:17:42keeping son Mike
00:17:44and daughter Monica
00:17:45working for him
00:17:46I appreciate everything you're doing to help me
00:17:48anything for family Monica
00:17:49but giving eldest son Kevin
00:17:52the chance to set up
00:17:53his own operation
00:17:55how's that sound to you?
00:17:56that sounds very, very nice
00:17:57by the end of last season
00:18:00the more you make
00:18:01the better we like you make
00:18:03the Beats had reeled in a record
00:18:055,777 ounces
00:18:08worth
00:18:0914.4 million dollars
00:18:13that sure is a hell of a lot better than last year
00:18:15it is not a time to sit back and enjoy
00:18:21it is a time to get your s*** together
00:18:23and get out there in the morning
00:18:25and make things happen
00:18:27you owe that to the next generation
00:18:29people can have money
00:18:31people can have a lot of things
00:18:32but
00:18:34kids and grandkids
00:18:36there's something that if you don't have
00:18:38that you don't have very much
00:18:39Tony believes his claims
00:18:44could deliver
00:18:45a jaw-dropping
00:18:466,500 ounces
00:18:48this season
00:18:49worth
00:18:50more than
00:18:5122 million dollars
00:18:53hey guys
00:18:55hello sir
00:18:56how's she looking?
00:18:57well
00:18:57she's
00:18:58got yellow stuff
00:19:00good thing we started early Mike
00:19:02huh?
00:19:03yeah
00:19:03when the sun is shining
00:19:04you bet 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
00:19:12he's the first
00:19:13to weigh out his gold
00:19:15I can always get more gold
00:19:17I cannot always get this price
00:19:19so let's weigh the s*** and have a look at it
00:19:23all right
00:19:24ready set
00:19:25let's go
00:19:25let's weigh the s*** and have a look at it
00:19:33at Indian River
00:19:34Tony Beetz is gambling
00:19:36on an early season score
00:19:38to cash in on record high gold prices
00:19:42there
00:19:43ready set
00:19:43let's go
00:19:44go
00:19:44he's already sluiced
00:19:46nearly half of the early bird cut
00:19:4950, 60, 70
00:19:51which he's counting on
00:19:53to deliver at least 300 ounces
00:19:55well 90, 260, 290, 300
00:20:00wow
00:20:02360, 390
00:20:06417 and 56
00:20:10ain't that a beaut
00:20:12that's pretty amazing
00:20:14in just two weeks
00:20:16the Beetz have pulled in
00:20:18one and a half million dollars
00:20:20I'd say it's a record for us
00:20:22that justifies as to what the f*** we're doing
00:20:24that's a lot of money right there
00:20:26if we can keep this up
00:20:29we go
00:20:30so how have you planned out this summer?
00:20:35Mike you're gonna be on the hill as usual
00:20:37Monica
00:20:38it would be nice
00:20:39if you could oversee
00:20:40in the gold room
00:20:41cleaning the gold
00:20:41sounds good to me
00:20:44but
00:20:45I was thinking
00:20:45you gave Kevin a bunch of help
00:20:47getting him going
00:20:48so is there anything
00:20:50you're gonna help us with?
00:20:54there is some opportunities out there
00:20:56let's get these two places here
00:20:58going first
00:20:59and then we'll talk
00:21:00not making any promises
00:21:02until I have that in place
00:21:04right
00:21:05I'm okay with that
00:21:07you?
00:21:09there you go
00:21:09so all hands on deck
00:21:12we gotta go
00:21:12I'm very interested to see
00:21:16what Tony was talking about
00:21:18in terms of other opportunities
00:21:20I think it's really cool
00:21:22that Kevin has gone out on his own
00:21:25but
00:21:25Michael's been
00:21:27out here since he was 12
00:21:29Mike's really
00:21:31chomping the bit to do more things
00:21:33big picture goals
00:21:35I would like my own mind
00:21:36but
00:21:36right now it's not a priority
00:21:38I have a bunch of other
00:21:39I have to get done
00:21:40we'll see
00:21:40Mike and Monica
00:21:43they'll be asking about
00:21:44getting started for themselves
00:21:46but right now
00:21:47we're busy other places
00:21:49so they're just gonna have to
00:21:50hang in there
00:21:51for a little bit
00:21:51anyway
00:21:53I never had that much gold
00:21:55that early
00:21:56a great start
00:21:57to the season
00:21:58100 miles away
00:22:18in Keno
00:22:19Rick Ness
00:22:20yeah that's a big pile of dirt
00:22:22is sitting
00:22:22on a pile of gold
00:22:24at his Duncan Creek claim
00:22:26I would say
00:22:29there's probably
00:22:30pretty damn close
00:22:31to 400 ounces
00:22:32sitting there
00:22:32and right now
00:22:33that's worth over a million dollars
00:22:34and it's ready to go
00:22:36our plant's sitting right there
00:22:37the bad news is
00:22:39is we still don't have
00:22:40a water license
00:22:41and we can't touch this
00:22:42it blows my mind
00:22:44Rick's water license
00:22:46essential to mining
00:22:48still hasn't come through
00:22:50until he gets it
00:22:52he can't mine
00:22:54Duncan Creek
00:22:55I almost don't even know
00:22:57if I should do this
00:22:58thinking it would make me
00:23:01thinking it would satisfy me
00:23:02it's probably just gonna
00:23:03make me more mad
00:23:03oh
00:23:13that's outrageous
00:23:15amount of gold
00:23:15in one pan
00:23:16I don't even know
00:23:18what the emotion is
00:23:19right now
00:23:19normally I see a pan
00:23:21like that
00:23:21and I hit the roof
00:23:22this is
00:23:24that's unbelievable
00:23:26and we can't touch it
00:23:30Rick Ness
00:23:40I expected growing pains
00:23:41but this is outrageous
00:23:42is a fighter
00:23:44with a small crew of buddies
00:23:48paying them out
00:23:51each season
00:23:52from his haul
00:23:53here's one of those
00:23:54for each of you guys
00:23:54you guys earned it
00:23:55a miner for 13 years
00:23:58what
00:23:59he's had highs
00:24:00that's like an ounce
00:24:01right there
00:24:02and loads
00:24:05I don't know what else
00:24:09to do right now
00:24:09it's getting out of control
00:24:11always
00:24:11on the brink
00:24:13of losing it all
00:24:14that's one last
00:24:15farewell kicking the balls
00:24:16but last season
00:24:19this is it
00:24:20now this is all mine
00:24:21he bought his own ground
00:24:24let's go
00:24:25Vegas Valley
00:24:26here we go
00:24:27hit the jackpot
00:24:30and reeled in
00:24:314.5 million dollars
00:24:33in gold
00:24:34that's it
00:24:35I did it
00:24:36I've got some bad news
00:24:37only
00:24:38to be gut punched
00:24:40we've got a big problem
00:24:41with the water license
00:24:42being approved
00:24:43and
00:24:44I can't guarantee
00:24:45you'll have the license
00:24:47next year
00:24:47without the water license
00:24:50you can't mind
00:24:50now
00:24:59Rick must find a way
00:25:01to pull a rabbit
00:25:02out of the hat
00:25:03again
00:25:04what's up dudes
00:25:06nice crushes
00:25:08yeah you like Jose
00:25:09good start
00:25:10with nowhere to mind
00:25:12only half Rick's crew
00:25:15has made it back
00:25:16for now
00:25:17well
00:25:18you 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
00:25:25it's a mess right now
00:25:27it's not just us
00:25:29I mean there's a lot of
00:25:30people getting screwed
00:25:31there's no one shutting the
00:25:33door right now saying that
00:25:34you know your water license
00:25:35is never coming in
00:25:35it's just tied up
00:25:37so what are we doing here
00:25:40with no water license
00:25:41it's not the only pile of gold
00:25:43out here
00:25:44and that's why you're here
00:25:45we just have to find
00:25:46another one
00:25:46but it's not going to be
00:25:48on this ground
00:25:49and you know what
00:25:54gold prices are a thousand
00:25:55dollars more an ounce
00:25:56than when we left here
00:25:57last year
00:25:58I mean that's
00:25:58insanity
00:25:59this is not the year to quit
00:26:01no
00:26:01we need 1800 ounces
00:26:04this year
00:26:04yeah I know that
00:26:07things seem down
00:26:09but you know what
00:26:09we are here
00:26:10and I am going to
00:26:11find us a spot
00:26:12at the end of the day
00:26:14that's what we're going to do
00:26:14but if this water license
00:26:16comes through
00:26:17at any point this summer
00:26:18you bet your ass
00:26:18I want to move us back here
00:26:19I mean you haven't
00:26:21let us down yet
00:26:22all right
00:26:23hopefully Rick
00:26:28understands what he's
00:26:29doing here
00:26:30and hopefully wherever
00:26:31we're going
00:26:31it's going to be good
00:26:32I want to start
00:26:33moving some dirt
00:26:34these guys have stuck
00:26:35with me through a lot
00:26:36and glad to see
00:26:37they're sticking with me
00:26:37through this
00:26:38we will find a place
00:26:39of mine
00:26:39and we're going to
00:26:40make it work
00:26:41okay
00:26:54Chelsea you ready
00:26:56I'm ready
00:26:57Gaden you ready
00:26:59yep
00:27:00ready
00:27:01all right then folks
00:27:02Screen Jack is turning on
00:27:03first time for the season
00:27:04let's go
00:27:06first scoop of pay going in
00:27:17for the season
00:27:18goody
00:27:22at Scribner Creek
00:27:28just like his father
00:27:30Tony
00:27:31second year mine boss
00:27:33Kevin Beetz
00:27:34is ahead of the pack
00:27:35feels really good
00:27:36to sluice this early
00:27:37especially after
00:27:39last year
00:27:39it's
00:27:41it's nice to see it
00:27:42running
00:27:42so you want to look
00:27:47at some iron
00:27:48do you
00:27:48can we have this one
00:27:49last season
00:27:51with a little help
00:27:52from dad
00:27:53three two one
00:27:54Kevin plunged his life savings
00:28:00into his own operation
00:28:02this is a big gamble
00:28:04so me and Faith
00:28:04have to make this work
00:28:05that's looking really nice
00:28:07Kev
00:28:08so excited bud
00:28:09overall I think
00:28:10it's a pretty good day
00:28:11but almost from the get go
00:28:14I'm trying to help you here
00:28:16and you're talking over me
00:28:17tempers flared
00:28:19you can stop being a
00:28:20it's not fun to work with
00:28:23until foreman Brennan Ruo
00:28:25took control of the crew
00:28:27you don't want to
00:28:28hear it
00:28:29I want this to be squashed
00:28:30right now
00:28:31and the cuts
00:28:33yes finally
00:28:36my
00:28:37so nice work
00:28:39keep it going
00:28:40helping them score
00:28:43let there be gold
00:28:44beautiful
00:28:45a big payday
00:28:48yay money
00:28:48it's nice to be
00:28:50in the upswing honestly
00:28:51we made the right call
00:28:56getting away from Tony's
00:28:57I'm feeling really good
00:28:59about this year
00:28:59I think we're off
00:29:00to a strong start
00:29:01which is good
00:29:03because we have
00:29:04a big goal this year
00:29:052,000 ounces
00:29:06figure may as well go
00:29:08double what we did
00:29:08last year
00:29:09aim big
00:29:09and with gold prices
00:29:11being as high as they are
00:29:12if there's any time
00:29:13to have a good
00:29:14big year for gold totals
00:29:16it is this year
00:29:17Kevin's mission this year
00:29:19is to double his gold target
00:29:21and cement his place
00:29:23as a mine boss
00:29:25in his own right
00:29:26so our mining plan
00:29:27so our mining plan
00:29:27we left ourselves
00:29:28a p-bank last year
00:29:29that way we have money
00:29:31coming in from day one
00:29:32so day one sluicing
00:29:38this is gonna hopefully
00:29:41continue on well
00:29:42last year
00:29:44I was pretty frustrated
00:29:45out here
00:29:46with how much
00:29:48we're shutting down
00:29:49but Brennan
00:29:50he knows what he's doing
00:29:51it's nice
00:29:54having Caden back
00:29:55it's always good
00:29:56to have returners
00:29:57who know how things run
00:29:58and you know
00:29:59you can rely on
00:30:00and Brennan
00:30:01should be showing up soon
00:30:02oh
00:30:07feels good to be back
00:30:08in the Yukon
00:30:09this feels like
00:30:10my second home
00:30:11howdy stranger
00:30:22how's it going guys
00:30:22not too bad
00:30:24right on
00:30:24we're wondering where the
00:30:25you're at
00:30:26nice to see you pal
00:30:27so what's up
00:30:31we're starting to wonder
00:30:32we haven't heard from you
00:30:33in a bit
00:30:33so yeah
00:30:34um
00:30:35um
00:30:38um
00:30:40I ended up
00:30:41getting a phone call
00:30:42there that I wasn't
00:30:43expecting to get
00:30:45um
00:30:48of another job offer
00:30:49um
00:30:51and uh
00:30:54it was a pretty good job offer
00:30:57so
00:30:58I've leaned towards
00:31:00taking that
00:31:01position
00:31:01we'll offer you
00:31:09good job
00:31:10well
00:31:12Parker ended up
00:31:13calling me there
00:31:14which I was
00:31:14completely
00:31:15not expecting
00:31:16same
00:31:18yeah
00:31:21um
00:31:22really
00:31:23back with Parker
00:31:24it was not
00:31:27you know
00:31:27there's just a few
00:31:28things in the offer
00:31:28that really
00:31:29align to what
00:31:30my future
00:31:31where I kind of
00:31:31see myself
00:31:32being in some goals
00:31:33that I have set
00:31:34you know what I mean
00:31:34no
00:31:35I wish he at least
00:31:40told us earlier
00:31:40so that we can plan
00:31:41if I had have known
00:31:44a lot sooner
00:31:45I would have said it
00:31:46a lot sooner
00:31:47right
00:31:47there's not really much
00:31:51we can offer you
00:31:51to get you back here
00:31:52this year I guess
00:31:53I've kind of already
00:31:54agreed to it
00:31:55well thank you for
00:32:03stopping by
00:32:04telling us
00:32:04okay guys
00:32:05you guys have a
00:32:07wicked season
00:32:07we'll see ya
00:32:08see ya
00:32:09well then
00:32:142000 ounces
00:32:18without the foreman
00:32:19is going to be
00:32:19a bit more of a
00:32:21project then
00:32:22isn't it
00:32:22it is kind of hard
00:32:23to find someone
00:32:24with Brennan's
00:32:25experience that
00:32:25you can rely on
00:32:26if they're good
00:32:27they've got a job
00:32:28maybe we should
00:32:30go poaching too
00:32:31hmm
00:32:34we're down to the
00:32:51last bit of ice
00:32:51here in the bridge
00:32:52once we get that
00:32:54out of here
00:32:54that means I can
00:32:56start getting Bob
00:32:57ready to sluice
00:32:59three days
00:33:01into his ice
00:33:02moving marathon
00:33:03Tyson's under the gun
00:33:05Parker's given me
00:33:08and I've taken on
00:33:09more than I've ever
00:33:11taken on
00:33:12working here before
00:33:13can I do it
00:33:14I don't know
00:33:15but am I willing
00:33:17to find out
00:33:18yeah it could have
00:33:18cost me my job
00:33:19100%
00:33:20but I hope
00:33:22it doesn't
00:33:23if it does
00:33:26I'll be flipping
00:33:27burgers
00:33:27come visit me
00:33:28at the drive-thru
00:33:28and yes
00:33:31I will be
00:33:32spitting in them
00:33:32a 25 mile drive
00:33:38northwest
00:33:39I'm down here
00:33:40at Sulphur
00:33:41just trying to get
00:33:42this cut opened up
00:33:43this cut's 2,000 feet long
00:33:46it's probably big enough
00:33:49to land a small airplane on
00:33:50for a lot of miners
00:33:56this would be their whole season
00:33:57with multiple people
00:33:58working on it
00:33:59and right now
00:34:00I'm down here
00:34:00jumping from the dozer
00:34:02to the excavator
00:34:03back and forth
00:34:04ripping
00:34:04Mitch has a 2 acre strip
00:34:07to mine out
00:34:08in just 10 weeks
00:34:09before Parker's water license
00:34:12runs out
00:34:12if he fails
00:34:14he'll be forced
00:34:15to leave gold behind
00:34:17the time frame down here
00:34:18is definitely my biggest concern
00:34:20this water license
00:34:21is getting closer
00:34:23to expire by the minute
00:34:24and yet
00:34:25I'm the only one down here
00:34:27who we got here
00:34:37oh hey man
00:34:46what's up
00:34:47not much my friend
00:34:48how are you
00:34:49busy
00:34:51good to see you pal
00:34:53I'm not hungry
00:34:53but I'll give you one
00:34:54oh just don't let nobody
00:34:59don't tell anybody that
00:34:59yeah keep that
00:35:00off the radio
00:35:01what's your plans
00:35:04well Parker poached me
00:35:06he sent me up here
00:35:08to come to work with you
00:35:08no way man
00:35:12yeah buddy
00:35:12alright
00:35:13he said to me
00:35:14specifically
00:35:15you and Mitch
00:35:16work so good together
00:35:17I want to get that band
00:35:18back together
00:35:19that's the exact words
00:35:20out of his mouth
00:35:21dude that's awesome
00:35:22yeah
00:35:22I can't believe
00:35:23you didn't tell me
00:35:23Brennan and Mitch
00:35:28it's a lot of scoop
00:35:29yeah
00:35:30were mining buddies
00:35:32on Parker's
00:35:33Scribner Creek claim
00:35:35yeah buddy
00:35:36f*** yeah
00:35:37nice work
00:35:38yeah you too man
00:35:39they became
00:35:40co-foremen
00:35:41that is perfect
00:35:42and a bromance
00:35:44blossomed
00:35:44f*** are we good
00:35:45what a nice feeling
00:35:47Brennan
00:35:47hurry up
00:35:48you've had five
00:35:49f*** days
00:35:50to get this done
00:35:51f*** sakes
00:35:52you're in charge
00:35:54or are you not in charge
00:35:55until five years ago
00:35:56when Brennan quit
00:35:58after falling out
00:36:00with Parker
00:36:01so f*** over this
00:36:02f*** man
00:36:03dude we've moved
00:36:05a lot of dirt
00:36:06and this year
00:36:07let me tell you what
00:36:07we got more than ever
00:36:09I could certainly
00:36:10use some help
00:36:11well that's what
00:36:12I'm here for
00:36:12you can jump in the dozer
00:36:14we just gotta rip
00:36:14this edge
00:36:15I'm gonna start
00:36:15throwing everything back
00:36:16okay well I'm excited
00:36:18buddy
00:36:18time to move some dirt
00:36:27dude it's unreal
00:36:33to have you back here
00:36:34Christmas came early
00:36:35in all the years
00:36:38I thank God
00:36:39I've missed working
00:36:40with you every
00:36:40f*** day of it buddy
00:36:42oh you're probably back
00:36:43because you heard
00:36:44we got taco
00:36:45Tuesday
00:36:45you did mention
00:36:47you guys got
00:36:48a really good cook
00:36:49so that was
00:36:49a big plus for me
00:36:51oh that looks
00:36:58like Parker
00:36:59how's it going
00:37:08hey welcome back
00:37:10thanks pal
00:37:11okay
00:37:13the whole sulfur
00:37:14project is kind
00:37:15of an interesting
00:37:15one because it's
00:37:16really hard to see
00:37:17what is pay
00:37:19and what is waste
00:37:20what you're really
00:37:21looking for is
00:37:22virgin banks
00:37:24or like virgin
00:37:24sections
00:37:27this to me looks
00:37:29like virgin still
00:37:30right
00:37:31so you're forced
00:37:34to pan your way
00:37:36through it
00:37:37and see what's
00:37:37going on
00:37:38this is a totally
00:37:40different type of
00:37:40mine in this
00:37:41see
00:37:41three quarters
00:37:44of a century
00:37:45ago
00:37:46old timers
00:37:47used a dredge
00:37:48to mine
00:37:49sulfur creek
00:37:50pulling out
00:37:51more than
00:37:521.2 billion
00:37:53dollars in gold
00:37:55but in its wake
00:37:56it left a mystery
00:37:58floating in a
00:38:00self-made pond
00:38:01the dredge
00:38:02traveled its way
00:38:03down the valley
00:38:04sluicing from
00:38:05one side
00:38:06to the other
00:38:07but above the
00:38:08waterline
00:38:09the high banks
00:38:10were out of reach
00:38:11so gold
00:38:13was left untouched
00:38:14and where the
00:38:16dredge turned
00:38:17it covered up
00:38:19pockets of gold
00:38:20rich virgin ground
00:38:21with worthless
00:38:22tailings
00:38:23making sulfur
00:38:25a potential
00:38:26treasure trove
00:38:27of hidden gold
00:38:28if they can find it
00:38:32it's just going to
00:38:34take some time
00:38:34to figure out
00:38:35like I would be
00:38:36panning pretty
00:38:37constantly
00:38:37perfect
00:38:39sounds good to me
00:38:40okay
00:38:42we got so much
00:38:48water coming
00:38:49through here
00:38:49we got all this
00:38:51material we need to
00:38:51start moving it over
00:38:52but we need it dry
00:38:53if we start just
00:38:54working this
00:38:55it's just going to
00:38:56get wetter and wetter
00:38:57we're not dredging
00:38:59so I want to just
00:39:01focus on the ditch
00:39:02here
00:39:02yeah okay
00:39:04I mean I agree
00:39:05with you but I just
00:39:05what about Parker
00:39:07you know
00:39:07yeah but I mean
00:39:09if we just start
00:39:10digging in here
00:39:10we're going to be
00:39:11working underwater
00:39:12despite Parker's
00:39:14rush to find
00:39:15the gold
00:39:16Mitch ignores
00:39:17his orders
00:39:18to pan
00:39:18and decides
00:39:20to dig a ditch
00:39:20to drain the water
00:39:22the first thing
00:39:23we got to do
00:39:23and we're going to
00:39:24do is get rid
00:39:24of this water
00:39:25alright
00:39:25it's going really
00:39:34good
00:39:34I've got the ditch
00:39:37you know all the way
00:39:38to the top end
00:39:38of this cut
00:39:39which was 2,000 feet
00:39:40long
00:39:41and the cut's
00:39:43starting to drain
00:39:43out
00:39:43at Sulphur Creek
00:39:46Mitch has defied
00:39:49Parker's orders
00:39:50to hunt for
00:39:51virgin hot spots
00:39:52and is ditching
00:39:53instead
00:39:54Parker's planning
00:39:56on coming down
00:39:56today and doing
00:39:57some panning here
00:39:58but we got a lot
00:40:00of material
00:40:00that's still got
00:40:01to be moved here
00:40:01before it's ready
00:40:02to help Parker
00:40:02have a look at this
00:40:04and see what he
00:40:04wants to do
00:40:05I was hoping to have
00:40:16all this ready
00:40:16by now
00:40:17what the
00:40:21are you doing
00:40:22well
00:40:24this is not good
00:40:25what's happening
00:40:28I thought you might
00:40:31need some panning
00:40:32but I take it
00:40:34not right now
00:40:35yeah
00:40:36most important thing
00:40:38just trying to get
00:40:39rid of the water
00:40:39here
00:40:40so we can actually
00:40:40move the dirt
00:40:41we got a pretty good
00:40:43system down
00:40:43we're just trying to
00:40:45get that corner
00:40:45cleaned out
00:40:46and then we'll be
00:40:46ready for it
00:40:48there's a lot of work
00:40:52to do here
00:40:53I mean
00:40:54I just got Brendan
00:40:55yesterday
00:40:56so
00:40:56there are two options
00:41:04find some virgin ground
00:41:06or else
00:41:08you can leave
00:41:09okay
00:41:14that's a waste of
00:41:15him
00:41:16you know
00:41:32gold can buy a lot
00:41:33of things
00:41:33but it can't buy
00:41:34patience
00:41:35and the higher
00:41:35the prices go
00:41:36you know
00:41:37the less of it
00:41:38there seems to be
00:41:39around here
00:41:39Parker wants things
00:41:41done in a certain
00:41:42way and order
00:41:43and I get that
00:41:43it's his business
00:41:44it's his company
00:41:45you know
00:41:46I've moved a lot
00:41:46of dirt up here
00:41:47and you know
00:41:49I'm confident
00:41:49in what I'm doing
00:41:50got the ditches down
00:41:52we got the cut
00:41:53green in
00:41:54and you know
00:41:55in my opinion
00:41:56that's the right move
00:41:57I just wasted
00:41:59two hours
00:42:00we just need to
00:42:04get panning
00:42:04it's my first week
00:42:09back on the job
00:42:10haven't worked for
00:42:11Parker for over
00:42:11five years now
00:42:12and you know
00:42:13he's already pissed off
00:42:14well this is the
00:42:15type of
00:42:16that made me
00:42:16leave the last time
00:42:17a hundred miles
00:42:31east
00:42:32we have to pull
00:42:33the trigger on something
00:42:34otherwise we're gonna
00:42:34miss this whole season
00:42:35still waiting
00:42:36for his water license
00:42:38and desperate
00:42:39for somewhere
00:42:39to mine
00:42:40Rick's on his way
00:42:41to prospect new ground
00:42:43at a nearby claim
00:42:44Lightning Creek
00:42:46you can go to any mine
00:42:48out here
00:42:48and listen to the guy
00:42:49tell you how much gold
00:42:50is on the property
00:42:50but which one's
00:42:51telling the truth
00:42:51not a single
00:42:52one of them
00:42:53so if we're gonna get
00:42:54any answers up there
00:42:55it's gonna be our own
00:42:56Rick's mining in the Kino Mountains
00:42:59has been boom
00:43:00or bust
00:43:01the 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
00:43:09we 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
00:43:19now
00:43:20he's hoping
00:43:21the pay streak
00:43:22extends
00:43:23to the Lightning Creek claim
00:43:25eight miles upstream
00:43:27near the gold mother load
00:43:29at Mount Hinton
00:43:30Lightning Creek
00:43:32is owned by Rick's
00:43:34old landlord
00:43:35Troy Taylor
00:43:36there he is
00:43:38hey guys
00:43:43hey Troy
00:43:43how's it going
00:43:44good to see you
00:43:45good to see you
00:43:46hey Troy
00:43:47welcome to Lightning Creek
00:43:48we're ready to hit
00:43:50the ground running
00:43:51get some gold
00:43:51out of the ground
00:43:52six seasons ago
00:43:54our deal is
00:43:5510%
00:43:56yep
00:43:57for 100 ounce
00:43:58minimum
00:43:59Rick leased
00:44:00Duncan Creek
00:44:01from landowner
00:44:02Troy Taylor
00:44:03that's nice looking
00:44:05gold there Rick
00:44:05then
00:44:06cut a handshake
00:44:08deal to buy
00:44:09the claim
00:44:09thanks Rick
00:44:10appreciate that
00:44:11gambling millions
00:44:13of dollars
00:44:13I'm sure you're
00:44:14happy to see that
00:44:15on the promise
00:44:16of a gold bonanza
00:44:18holy
00:44:19this is your last
00:44:22chance
00:44:23it was a rocky
00:44:25ride
00:44:26but finally
00:44:27the deal was done
00:44:29bar one
00:44:30crucial detail
00:44:31I have to trust
00:44:33that that water
00:44:34license is going
00:44:34to come through
00:44:35yeah
00:44:35you're all in
00:44:37yeah
00:44:38all in
00:44:39it was on Troy
00:44:42to get the water
00:44:43license for Rick
00:44:44but now that it
00:44:45hasn't come through
00:44:47he might have
00:44:48other ground
00:44:48for Rick to kick
00:44:49the tires on
00:44:50looks like you've
00:44:51done a little bit
00:44:51of work here
00:44:52a little bit
00:44:53yeah
00:44:53dad and I did
00:44:54some sluice
00:44:56last September
00:44:57so yeah
00:44:58just you and your
00:44:58dad pretty much
00:44:59yeah just dad and I
00:45:00but what was the
00:45:00gold like
00:45:01I mean is it
00:45:01decent or
00:45:03yeah it was
00:45:04decent
00:45:04the gold is good
00:45:05here we had
00:45:06some good results
00:45:07last fall
00:45:07dad and I did
00:45:08some testing
00:45:09and we're pleased
00:45:10lightning is just
00:45:11like Upper Duncan
00:45:12in the sense
00:45:13that it's flowing
00:45:14through a canyon
00:45:15hopefully gold
00:45:17has been flushed
00:45:18out of those
00:45:18canyons like
00:45:19Upper Duncan
00:45:19into this main
00:45:21valley
00:45:21how much
00:45:22overburden
00:45:22is on top
00:45:23of like
00:45:23it's not bad
00:45:24it's just
00:45:25so it's about
00:45:26five feet of
00:45:27muck and sand
00:45:28and
00:45:28right to pay
00:45:29then
00:45:30yeah
00:45:30that's it
00:45:30yeah
00:45:31and I would
00:45:32just take
00:45:32about 15 feet
00:45:33and then we
00:45:35get into another
00:45:35it's kind of
00:45:36like a false
00:45:37bedrock
00:45:37and that's
00:45:38where I would
00:45:38stop for now
00:45:39so the pay
00:45:41layer was 15 feet
00:45:41yeah
00:45:42that's more
00:45:43than I expected
00:45:44I know that
00:45:46we're not
00:45:46the only ones
00:45:46fighting this
00:45:47water license
00:45:47stuff this year
00:45:48what's the deal
00:45:49with this one
00:45:49here how many
00:45:50more years
00:45:50are on it
00:45:51yeah that's
00:45:52a good question
00:45:52this is good
00:45:53till 2028
00:45:55so you got a few
00:45:56more years here
00:45:56and we do
00:45:57why give us
00:45:59the option
00:46:00I mean it's just
00:46:00you know
00:46:01why aren't you
00:46:03doing it
00:46:04well I feel
00:46:08bad about this
00:46:09whole water
00:46:10license thing
00:46:10so I want
00:46:11to give you
00:46:11a shot
00:46:11here
00:46:12and dad
00:46:13and I can
00:46:14step aside
00:46:16for a year
00:46:17if you want
00:46:17to go here
00:46:19so
00:46:19there's no
00:46:20cost on your
00:46:20royalty
00:46:21yeah there's
00:46:22no
00:46:22there's a lot
00:46:23less risk
00:46:24for us
00:46:24and I don't
00:46:26sound like
00:46:26a salesman
00:46:27but there is
00:46:27other people
00:46:28that have been
00:46:29calling me
00:46:30over the winter
00:46:30so
00:46:30but
00:46:33I've been
00:46:34holding on
00:46:35to this
00:46:35for you
00:46:36so I'm
00:46:37hoping that
00:46:37we can work
00:46:38something out
00:46:38yeah
00:46:38yeah
00:46:39you know
00:46:42I mean
00:46:43I
00:46:43can I trust
00:46:45you on this
00:46:46yeah
00:46:47we've been
00:46:49what six years
00:46:50now together
00:46:51so
00:46:51yeah
00:46:52I think
00:46:52I mean
00:46:54I just
00:46:54there's been
00:46:55no shortage
00:46:56of surprises
00:46:57out here
00:46:57I can't wait
00:47:00too much longer
00:47:01dad and I
00:47:01are going to
00:47:02keep mining
00:47:02or get somebody
00:47:03else in here
00:47:04so
00:47:04no I understand
00:47:06that
00:47:06we got the
00:47:07trauma here
00:47:08today
00:47:08so
00:47:08we get some
00:47:09testing done
00:47:10and try to make
00:47:11a decision
00:47:12as quick as we
00:47:12can
00:47:12so
00:47:13let's do it
00:47:15it's definitely
00:47:18getting harder
00:47:19to trust people
00:47:19out here
00:47:19you know
00:47:20gold's at a premium
00:47:21water licenses
00:47:21are rare as can be
00:47:23the vultures are
00:47:24circling
00:47:24Troy
00:47:26he always seems
00:47:27to have the answer
00:47:27when I don't
00:47:28so it's a
00:47:29you know
00:47:30it's a win-win
00:47:30for Troy
00:47:31Troy
00:47:32we need this to
00:47:44work out
00:47:44because we
00:47:45need to get
00:47:45somewhere to go
00:47:46mining
00:47:46and we need
00:47:46to quit
00:47:47still waiting
00:47:55for his
00:47:55water license
00:47:56Rick Ness
00:47:58has to move
00:47:59his operation
00:48:00and is hoping
00:48:01new ground
00:48:03at Lightning
00:48:03Creek
00:48:04will be worth it
00:48:05we've already
00:48:06done a couple
00:48:06of test holes
00:48:07but I want
00:48:07to do one
00:48:08more here
00:48:08there's a lot
00:48:10of big bullies
00:48:11out of this
00:48:12could be nice
00:48:13stuff
00:48:14Troy Taylor
00:48:15has already
00:48:16stripped a section
00:48:17down to pay dirt
00:48:18so Rick's
00:48:19making spot
00:48:20checks on the
00:48:21stripped ground
00:48:22he'll run
00:48:23two square
00:48:23yards of pay
00:48:25and is looking
00:48:26for at least
00:48:27a gram
00:48:27from the run
00:48:28by the sounds
00:48:29of Troy
00:48:29that you know
00:48:30it's looking
00:48:30pretty good
00:48:31here
00:48:31but I have
00:48:33kind of some
00:48:33doubts here
00:48:34but at the
00:48:34same time
00:48:35I really hope
00:48:36this is going
00:48:36to turn out
00:48:37for us
00:48:37that should be
00:48:49a good enough
00:48:49speed
00:48:49yeah
00:48:50for sure
00:48:51yeah I'll go
00:48:52get the water
00:48:53going
00:48:53okay
00:48:53hey Ricky
00:49:00ready for you
00:49:01to throw some
00:49:02in if you want
00:49:02I'll give her a shot
00:49:04this bucket's
00:49:04kind of big
00:49:05I'll probably
00:49:05make a mess
00:49:05it's washing the rock
00:49:16really nice
00:49:17so hopefully
00:49:18it gives us
00:49:18good breeding
00:49:19that's the last
00:49:25of the turn
00:49:25that's how we got
00:49:26our chest done
00:49:26yeah
00:49:27go out there and
00:49:27clean it up
00:49:28and then get the hell
00:49:29out of here and weigh it
00:49:29see what we got
00:49:30shut her down
00:49:34clean her up
00:49:34yeah man
00:49:35yeah let's do it
00:49:36it doesn't have to be
00:49:38hot but it's got to be
00:49:40hot enough for a slice
00:49:41back at camp
00:49:56the fate of Rick's season
00:49:58rests on the results
00:49:59of the lightning creek test
00:50:01some nice pickers
00:50:02in there
00:50:03yeah
00:50:03if the gold is good
00:50:05it could be
00:50:07the lifeline
00:50:08he needs
00:50:08what's the ground
00:50:10like down there
00:50:11it's pretty shallow
00:50:12um
00:50:13seems like only about
00:50:14an average
00:50:15of about 5 feet
00:50:16overburden
00:50:16maybe a little bit more
00:50:17and then
00:50:18a solid 15 foot
00:50:19thick pay layer
00:50:21well that's pretty good
00:50:22that's a really good
00:50:23you know
00:50:23ratio
00:50:23I don't expect it
00:50:25to pay out
00:50:25like Vegas Valley
00:50:26but
00:50:27but who knows
00:50:28shall we see
00:50:30if it's even worth it
00:50:31we shall
00:50:32weigh some gold
00:50:32alright
00:50:34I don't think
00:50:36I've ever weighed up
00:50:37this small amount
00:50:38of gold
00:50:38but let's get it all
00:50:39in there
00:50:39Rick wants at least
00:50:41a gram
00:50:42from his two yard run
00:50:44we got
00:50:59.525 on there
00:51:01just half
00:51:04what Rick was hoping for
00:51:06so was it worth it
00:51:08no
00:51:13we're gonna be sitting here
00:51:18with our hands out
00:51:19no place to mine
00:51:20we're screwed
00:51:22we had a super fast
00:51:37start to the season
00:51:38we have cleanups
00:51:39and a couple bucks
00:51:40in the bank
00:51:40a hundred miles away
00:51:42Tony Beetz
00:51:44has already banked
00:51:451.5 million dollars
00:51:47in gold
00:51:48there is more pressure
00:51:49on Mike
00:51:50this year
00:51:50I mean Mike
00:51:51has been running
00:51:52Paradise Hill
00:51:53like it's his
00:51:54but it's not his
00:51:54it's still mine
00:51:55so maybe we'll have
00:51:57to do something
00:51:58with him
00:51:58he wants a piece
00:52:00of the action too
00:52:01once he has
00:52:02the hill up
00:52:03running
00:52:03well then we'll
00:52:05just see what
00:52:05we can pull off
00:52:06Tony's mining operation
00:52:10is split
00:52:11between two claims
00:52:13Indian River
00:52:14where he's already
00:52:15sluicing pay
00:52:16from the early bird cut
00:52:18and 40 miles away
00:52:20Paradise Hill
00:52:21the core of the family
00:52:23business
00:52:24for over 30 years
00:52:26hey Mike
00:52:28D copy
00:52:28Mike D copy
00:52:29try to catch him
00:52:30with you please
00:52:31hey Mike
00:52:35how are you
00:52:35ah good
00:52:36yourself
00:52:36no complaint
00:52:38last year
00:52:41I was back and forth
00:52:42a bit
00:52:42but this year
00:52:43you won't see
00:52:44very much of me
00:52:45you got lots to do here
00:52:46I know
00:52:47but I got quite a pile
00:52:48going on in the Indian
00:52:49too
00:52:49with 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
00:52:56get down the pay door
00:52:58this week
00:52:59that seems a little
00:53:00excessive
00:53:00oh really
00:53:02step up to the plate
00:53:06yeah
00:53:06make some money
00:53:08so I can spend
00:53:09some 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
00:53:13I can't shoot
00:53:15and sit around there
00:53:16like you do
00:53:17I gotta go to work
00:53:18well if you did your job
00:53:19better you'd have more time
00:53:20oh yeah
00:53:20off Mike
00:53:22I'm leaving
00:53:22see you later
00:53:23catch you later dad
00:53:25yeah love you too
00:53:27my gold
00:53:31do my job well
00:53:32and get the results
00:53:34my dad wants
00:53:35so I'm gonna get
00:53:36as much gold
00:53:37as I can this year
00:53:38because with the prices
00:53:39as they are
00:53:40you're a
00:53:41moron
00:53:43if you don't take
00:53:43advantage of that
00:53:44while Tony's based
00:53:46at Indian River
00:53:47he'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
00:53:59I 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
00:54:11three 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
00:54:21super pit
00:54:22the cut
00:54:23is home
00:54:24to the Klondike's
00:54:25fabled
00:54:25white channel pay
00:54:27concentrated gold
00:54:29washed down
00:54:30directly
00:54:30from hard rock
00:54:31deposits
00:54:32so far
00:54:34it's produced
00:54:35over 4,000
00:54:36ounces of gold
00:54:38worth
00:54:3815 million
00:54:40dollars
00:54:40this year
00:54:41Mike plans
00:54:42to extend
00:54:43the cut
00:54:44by nearly
00:54:4450%
00:54:45opening up
00:54:47eight more acres
00:54:48of ground
00:54:49Tony
00:54:50wants the first
00:54:51acre 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
00:55:03whack load
00:55:03of stuff
00:55:04opened up
00:55:04so
00:55:05we have a lot
00:55:05of work
00:55:06ahead of us
00:55:06my dad
00:55:10bought
00:55:10six new trucks
00:55:11we're going to
00:55:12strip strip
00:55:13strip strip
00:55:13strip strip
00:55:14another year
00:55:17at paradise
00:55:17glad to be back
00:55:18we got brand
00:55:19new rock
00:55:20trucks
00:55:20just hauling
00:55:21overburden
00:55:22from the cut
00:55:23we're trying
00:55:23to expand
00:55:24to get down
00:55:26to the gold
00:55:27bearing pay
00:55:28length
00:55:28a D11
00:55:29dozer
00:55:30rips
00:55:30and pushes
00:55:31the worthless
00:55:32waste dirt
00:55:33called overburden
00:55:34to two
00:55:35excavators
00:55:36which load
00:55:37it into
00:55:37rock trucks
00:55:38haul it
00:55:392,000 feet
00:55:40away
00:55:41and dump
00:55:42it on
00:55:42the waste
00:55:43pile
00:55:43hopefully
00:55:47get sluice
00:55:47in here
00:55:48in paradise
00:55:49soon
00:55:49get that
00:55:50gold
00:55:50coming in
00:55:51guys guys guys
00:56:05we got a problem
00:56:05we got a problem
00:56:06the cat truck
00:56:07has flipped
00:56:07the cab of the cat
00:56:08truck has flipped
00:56:09I'm stuck in here
00:56:14you're right on the edge
00:56:17at paradise hill
00:56:41a brand new
00:56:42$750,000
00:56:44rock truck
00:56:45has flipped
00:56:46with driver
00:56:47graham trapped
00:56:48inside the cab
00:56:49hanging on the edge
00:56:51of a 200 foot drop
00:56:53this side
00:56:54is just
00:56:54I wish
00:56:57Mike could hurry up
00:56:58because if the
00:56:58bank starts to go
00:56:59this is not the
00:57:01circus I signed up
00:57:02for
00:57:03I still have all
00:57:06my windows
00:57:06you still have
00:57:08all your windows
00:57:08yes
00:57:09that exhaust
00:57:17the hoses
00:57:18are pretty
00:57:19pulled too
00:57:20oh my hood
00:57:22breaking our
00:57:23new truck
00:57:24right away
00:57:25it's slowly
00:57:26dropping more
00:57:27and more
00:57:28which is
00:57:28a little nerve wracking
00:57:29as long as
00:57:33you get me pulled
00:57:33out of here
00:57:34before I flip
00:57:35okay
00:57:36well he can't
00:57:39get out
00:57:39too big
00:57:40hey Mike
00:57:49well what the
00:57:53is he still in there
00:57:54yeah
00:57:55he won't fit
00:57:57through that window
00:57:58you could double
00:57:59it's size
00:57:59he wouldn't fit
00:58:00rescue him
00:58:00for sake
00:58:01we're supposed
00:58:02to be paying
00:58:03charge
00:58:03kick out
00:58:05the window
00:58:06make him stand
00:58:09on the steering wheel
00:58:10stick his head
00:58:10out of the window
00:58:11kick the thing
00:58:12in
00:58:12that way
00:58:14his eyes
00:58:14and ears
00:58:14and everything
00:58:15be fine
00:58:15get his fat ass
00:58:17out
00:58:17okay
00:58:19you ready
00:58:19graham
00:58:19I guess so
00:58:20holy crap
00:58:38okay
00:58:46you can try
00:58:48climbing up
00:58:48the seat
00:58:49there
00:58:49well
00:58:55feels good
00:59:00to be out
00:59:00but still
00:59:01a little
00:59:01a little shaky
00:59:02yeah
00:59:04glad it didn't
00:59:06go over the
00:59:06edge fully
00:59:07that's
00:59:08wow
00:59:09could be fired
00:59:11could not be
00:59:12depending on the
00:59:13mood
00:59:13hey Mike
00:59:14put it on
00:59:15the grass
00:59:16to set
00:59:17the 36 ton
00:59:18truck back
00:59:19on its wheels
00:59:20Tony and Mike
00:59:21use the
00:59:22520 horsepower
00:59:24D10 dozer
00:59:25while the
00:59:28480 excavator
00:59:29holds the box
00:59:30in place
00:59:31to stop it
00:59:32dropping over
00:59:33the edge
00:59:34perfect
00:59:34pull the
00:59:35pull it
00:59:40keep it going
00:59:42keep it going
00:59:43perfect
00:59:47I'm very sorry
00:59:53Sony
00:59:53I know
00:59:55I'm not really
00:59:55thinking anything
00:59:56I do about it
00:59:57because you're on the
00:59:57frost
00:59:58and they're slippery
00:59:59I still feel bad
01:00:01since it's a brand
01:00:01new truck
01:00:02well that doesn't
01:00:03other happens
01:00:03my man
01:00:04I was expecting
01:00:06it to be a little
01:00:07bit more
01:00:07aggravated
01:00:08I flipped one
01:00:09of the new ones
01:00:10there's no use
01:00:12firing people
01:00:13at his and that
01:00:14because when you
01:00:14fire somebody
01:00:15there's two people
01:00:16that lose
01:00:16I lose an employee
01:00:18he loses his job
01:00:19it's too bad
01:00:22we had to break
01:00:23the window
01:00:23but so it is
01:00:24I guess
01:00:24right
01:00:25yeah
01:00:26I'll be the hood
01:00:27be f***ing
01:00:28fender all be f***ing
01:00:29the railing all be f***ing
01:00:30nobody hurt
01:00:31that's always a big thing
01:00:32yeah
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
01:00:42Paradise Hill
01:00:43on his own
01:00:44enough horse
01:00:46if you want to
01:00:47prove yourself
01:00:48I suggest you get with it
01:00:50Brennan and I
01:01:02are trying to get
01:01:03as much ground
01:01:03to open up
01:01:04down here
01:01:04at Sulphur as possible
01:01:05at Sulphur Creek
01:01:07Mitch and Brennan
01:01:08have finally
01:01:09drained the cut
01:01:10and exposed
01:01:11what could be
01:01:13their first
01:01:14hidden pay pocket
01:01:15how far did
01:01:17the dredge
01:01:18get over here
01:01:18figure out
01:01:19what's left
01:01:20for us
01:01:20now
01:01:22they're ready
01:01:23for Parker
01:01:23to pan
01:01:24hopefully we got
01:01:26something for him
01:01:27to look at
01:01:27old Parker
01:01:28likes to see
01:01:29the gold
01:01:29and you know
01:01:30he wants it
01:01:31now
01:01:32like this
01:01:34to me
01:01:35looks virgin
01:01:35I really don't know
01:01:43what to expect
01:01:43I'm just going to
01:01:58show Mitch
01:01:59one pan out of the
01:02:05downstream edge of your
01:02:06ditch
01:02:06holy smoke
01:02:08that's why we're
01:02:11doing this
01:02:12wow
01:02:14and that's pretty
01:02:16exciting
01:02:16find it again
01:02:19yeah hopefully
01:02:21there's more of that
01:02:21that was a really good
01:02:24pan
01:02:24now we just need to get
01:02:26a wash plant in here
01:02:27and find out that mine's
01:02:29like it pans
01:02:2925 miles southeast
01:02:33at dominion creek
01:02:34we 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
01:02:44Parker wants
01:02:45wash plant Bob
01:02:46sluicing
01:02:47by the end of the day
01:02:49I haven't talked
01:02:50to Alec and Liam yet
01:02:51there will be
01:02:52no waiting
01:02:53Parker has made
01:02:55that abundantly clear
01:02:56how's it going guys
01:03:02we're ready to run dirt
01:03:04the hopper's
01:03:09going to be the main
01:03:10hold up for Bob
01:03:11starting
01:03:12the pre-wash hopper
01:03:13feeder
01:03:13yeah
01:03:14this feed chain system
01:03:16this plant can't run
01:03:18without it
01:03:19man
01:03:20it would have been
01:03:22nice if you told me
01:03:23that
01:03:23the feed chain system
01:03:25which drives the
01:03:26wash plant's pre-wash
01:03:28conveyor
01:03:28is broken
01:03:29and the mechanics
01:03:31want to install
01:03:32a new one
01:03:33Parker
01:03:33he wants Bob
01:03:35running
01:03:35today
01:03:36there's no getting
01:03:39around to this
01:03:39right now
01:03:40yeah
01:03:41me
01:03:43let's get at it
01:03:44we've got a lot of work
01:03:46to do
01:03:47mr. Justin
01:04:01hey boys
01:04:02mr. Bill
01:04:03what's going on
01:04:06we brought a rush rush project
01:04:09at dominion creek
01:04:11parker's mechanics
01:04:13are hustling to fix
01:04:14the feed chain system
01:04:16on Bob's pre-wash
01:04:17conveyor
01:04:18all right
01:04:19well
01:04:20let's get this thing
01:04:21unloaded and get at it
01:04:22because it ain't going to fix
01:04:23itself
01:04:23the pre-wash conveyor
01:04:27the pre-wash conveyor
01:04:27moves pay dirt
01:04:28into the shaker
01:04:29to be washed
01:04:30the 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
01:04:38but over time
01:04:39the chain
01:04:40tighten
01:04:41pulling the shaft
01:04:42inwards
01:04:43breaking apart
01:04:44the sprocket
01:04:45and bearings
01:04:46to fix
01:04:48this design fault
01:04:49the mechanics will remove
01:04:51the small chain
01:04:52and sprocket
01:04:53fit a new
01:04:55front drive shaft
01:04:56and align
01:04:57the motor
01:04:58so it sends power
01:05:00directly to the shaft
01:05:01chain is up
01:05:07there we go
01:05:10let motor come out of there
01:05:12nice and easy
01:05:13okay
01:05:16we're laughing
01:05:17this is the final fit
01:05:21there we go
01:05:28perfect
01:05:29right
01:05:33so that
01:05:34that is it
01:05:37copy Alec
01:05:38go for Alec
01:05:41you are ready to roll
01:05:43my friend
01:05:44sweet
01:05:45we'll come grab it
01:05:46wide load
01:05:52coming through
01:05:52well look at this
01:06:01you guys pulled it off
01:06:03what do you say
01:06:04we can get Bob running
01:06:04keep it coming
01:06:16lift it up a little bit
01:06:19whoa
01:06:22there buddy
01:06:22there it goes
01:06:24you're in
01:06:25beautiful
01:06:31sweet
01:06:31everything's in place
01:06:34okay you guys ready
01:06:36yep
01:06:37yep
01:06:38well here we go
01:06:39let's fire bomb up
01:06:40take your deck's on
01:06:46here goes the pre-wash offer
01:06:48here goes the pre-wash offer
01:06:49here goes the first scoop of the season
01:07:03the pre-wash conveyer 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
01:07:25while the smaller gold bearing material washes down into two 14 by 10 foot sluices
01:07:33where the riffles and mats catch the gold
01:07:36beautiful sight right there Liam
01:07:41first wash plank going on dominion
01:07:43that is a beautiful sight
01:07:45with three days sluice time
01:07:48before the end of the week
01:07:49Tyson's on the gold
01:07:51Parker's big push for 10,000 ounces
01:07:54is on
01:07:56Bob's got a lot of ground
01:07:58to get through this here
01:07:59miners across the Yukon are gathering at Dawson city for the Klondike-Klasta mining association meeting
01:08:18the KTMA warn a glut of unprocessed water licenses is putting livelihoods at risk
01:08:24what a joke
01:08:27desperate to start his season
01:08:30Rick is in Dawson to meet the Klondike-Placer mining association
01:08:34a local union working with miners with no water licenses
01:08:39my back's against the wall
01:08:41I've been up to my elbows in this you know in this whole water license stuff
01:08:45it sucks man it really sucks
01:08:47the 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
01:08:54I'm hoping that the KTMA maybe they know when these are going to get a
01:08:57group give me some kind of reason to stick with Duncan Creek
01:09:00you know without it I don't know what the hell we're gonna do
01:09:01hey there's somebody I know what's going on buddy
01:09:06how you doing I'm okay how you been
01:09:09I'm all right better than you
01:09:11yeah I've heard what's going on
01:09:13oh man there's a lot of people that are pretty screwed up by it
01:09:16and the thing is the forces that are against the mining
01:09:20have so many tactics to stall things and it's death by delay
01:09:25yeah
01:09:25that's just absolutely right
01:09:27right
01:09:27just shoot me in the head don't give me a slow death
01:09:29yeah
01:09:30but let's see what they do in the meeting and then
01:09:33why 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
01:09:41and go from there
01:09:43something's got to give
01:09:51yeah I've had enough of that
01:10:08big waste of time
01:10:10it gets us nowhere
01:10:11it's just a bull you know
01:10:13like who's asked to put my fist up to get some results here
01:10:16and maybe I'll be done
01:10:18who knows who knows at this point
01:10:20probably gonna have a beer maybe 10
01:10:22in Dawson
01:10:24with no breakthrough on his water license
01:10:27Rick's hopes of mining this season
01:10:29best seat in the house
01:10:30hanged by a thread
01:10:32whoa whoa whoa
01:10:33what's up
01:10:34good to see you buddy
01:10:35good to see ya
01:10:36you know the last time we were together
01:10:41was um 14 years ago
01:10:43really
01:10:44you think that was the last time
01:10:46I was still young
01:10:47that's a long time ago
01:10:48I remember I was like
01:10:52I think Tony Beetz is like the coolest guy in the world
01:10:55and I want to be like Tony
01:10:57thank you
01:10:58thank you
01:10:59that'll be a long time
01:11:01but you know what
01:11:01been good years
01:11:02right
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
01:11:09you have so much equipment running
01:11:11yeah
01:11:13so how's Rick
01:11:15you having fun
01:11:17no
01:11:18the KPMA 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
01:11:26do you
01:11:27have that other block of ground
01:11:29lightning creek
01:11:31yeah
01:11:31well 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
01:11:38and
01:11:39you know
01:11:40they're not like me
01:11:41yeah
01:11:41I wasn't gonna say that
01:11:44but yeah
01:11:44and you've done like
01:11:47one test
01:11:47or a bunch of tests
01:11:48we did a few tests there
01:11:49not very happy about it
01:11:51but
01:11:52there's a license there
01:11:53for three years
01:11:54that's pretty good
01:11:55but
01:11:57I'm not sure
01:11:58if there's a lot of gold in it
01:11:59but I mean
01:12:01you have one thing going for you
01:12:03and that is like
01:12:03gold price is so good
01:12:05yeah
01:12:06no I hear you
01:12:07but
01:12:07this is uh
01:12:08this is definitely a gamble
01:12:09oh
01:12:09gold price is excellent
01:12:12if you're lucky enough
01:12:13to have a license
01:12:14hurry the up
01:12:15mine the out of it
01:12:17and leave
01:12:18that's it
01:12:19you just gotta get out there
01:12:20and wash as many rocks
01:12:22as you can
01:12:22get the over that
01:12:24you're gonna make it work Rick
01:12:25you're right
01:12:28make some money
01:12:31oh yeah
01:12:32hope it goes well
01:12:34well
01:12:36I've gotta run
01:12:37I've got a dog
01:12:38that needs a walk
01:12:39parking with fun
01:12:41Rick
01:12:41it's great to see you guys
01:12:43me too
01:12:43for sure
01:12:43there you go
01:12:44hey let's not wait another 14 years
01:12:46yeah
01:12:46yeah do it
01:12:47I've known Rick for 15 years
01:12:51he was there for all the years
01:12:53where I was just like
01:12:54scared to death
01:12:54of going broke
01:12:55I was scared to death
01:12:56of people taking advantage of me
01:12:58I was scared to death
01:12:59of Tony kicking me off the ground
01:13:00this business
01:13:02eats you alive
01:13:03if you're not ready for it
01:13:04with Rick
01:13:07I could definitely see him
01:13:09losing everything
01:13:13and leaving the gold fields broke
01:13:15but I could also see him
01:13:17building an empire
01:13:18and
01:13:20and I really hope
01:13:21that he's successful
01:13:21I do
01:13:22I cut my teeth out here with Parker
01:13:26I've known Tony
01:13:27since the day I walked into the Klondike
01:13:28and
01:13:29they've always had good advice
01:13:31and I'd be foolish not to take it
01:13:32I've got Lightning Creek
01:13:34as an option right now
01:13:35and we're gonna take that option
01:13:36we're gonna run with it
01:13:37I'd like to remind all rock truck drivers
01:13:51and the hoe operator working in the cut
01:13:52keep going
01:13:53keep skimming her off
01:13:54strip, strip, strip, strip, strip, strip, strip
01:13:56after a disastrous start
01:13:59managing Tony's Paradise Hill claim
01:14:02Mike Beetz is racing
01:14:04to get down to pay
01:14:05Mike's doing the best
01:14:07with what he's got
01:14:08but we need to move this dirt
01:14:09get to the gold
01:14:10get to the pay
01:14:11our guys are doing real good
01:14:14we're moving a lot of dirt
01:14:16there's some of this
01:14:18like right here
01:14:18this has gone very far
01:14:20from the pay
01:14:20there's so many rocks
01:14:22that's usually a good indicator
01:14:23that's good stuff
01:14:23if you want to drive it
01:14:29I can grab my Kubota
01:14:29because it makes its way in
01:14:31let's walk
01:14:32looks like you need it
01:14:34Mike, do you copy Mike?
01:14:39yeah, go ahead
01:14:41we're down to pay here
01:14:44I'll be there in a minute
01:14:47a little bit of clay in it
01:14:50but it's got the rocks
01:14:51it'll be a fat chunk, huh?
01:14:55let's grab a pan
01:14:58now what if I forgot how to pan
01:15:05give me a rock
01:15:08where would you like it?
01:15:13right there
01:15:14thank you sir
01:15:16look at that
01:15:36a good pan
01:15:40nice fine stuff
01:15:42as fine as frog hair
01:15:44as they say
01:15:45but that's on the top
01:15:46anyway, right?
01:15:49but we can sluice that, Mike
01:15:50oh yeah
01:15:51without a question
01:15:52we hit pay in Paradise Hill
01:15:57the Indian sluice lot
01:15:59is doing a good job
01:16:00so everything is looking up
01:16:02everything is looking pretty good
01:16:03we are in business
01:16:06perfect
01:16:07we're back
01:16:15hold on
01:16:16before Tyson cleared all the ice
01:16:19Parker turned the bridge cut
01:16:21into a racetrack
01:16:23oh
01:16:26just push on the front a little bit
01:16:40come on, get in there
01:16:42Cody, get in there
01:16:49Cody, get in there
01:16:50every light on the dash is on
01:17:04you know any good mechanics?
01:17:06dude, they're gonna kill me
01:17:07if they find out why this happened
01:17:09don't tell anybody
01:17:10we're down to foreman
01:17:20but I think
01:17:22being as set up as we are now
01:17:23it is f***ing doable
01:17:24and well
01:17:25we are gonna f***ing try
01:17:27Tony's eldest son, Kevin
01:17:29has been running
01:17:30his Scribner Creek mine
01:17:32for a week
01:17:33relying more on
01:17:34operator Caden Foote
01:17:36this is the earliest
01:17:37I've started sluicing
01:17:39in a season
01:17:39but
01:17:40I feel like
01:17:42it's gonna be a bit of a struggle
01:17:43without Brennan
01:17:44he was an all-around
01:17:46great foreman
01:17:47we really gotta
01:17:50as a team
01:17:51come together
01:17:52so we can
01:17:53get as much out
01:17:54as we can
01:17:55hey man
01:18:01got some yellow s***
01:18:03hi guys
01:18:06how's it going pal
01:18:08Kevin leases the ground
01:18:12from Tony
01:18:13and pays a 10% royalty
01:18:15on any gold he finds
01:18:17so
01:18:19so your second year
01:18:21on your own
01:18:21how are you feeling
01:18:22about that
01:18:23you gonna
01:18:23cross it
01:18:25honestly
01:18:26I'm feeling pretty
01:18:27f***ing good
01:18:28ready to roll this year
01:18:29you don't have to
01:18:30buy this
01:18:31buy every f***ing thing
01:18:32so that's gotta make a lot easier
01:18:35start this year
01:18:36it definitely is a lot nicer
01:18:37to hit the ground running
01:18:38what's happening with Brennan
01:18:40well we didn't know
01:18:42he was showing up
01:18:43and then he finally
01:18:44came and talked to us
01:18:46told us that he wasn't
01:18:47coming back
01:18:48it would have been nice
01:18:50if we would have let you know
01:18:51that in the winter
01:18:52it would have been nice
01:18:53for sure
01:18:53that's people for you again
01:18:55that's people for you
01:18:56so who gives a f***
01:18:58next
01:18:59that's how it goes
01:19:00next
01:19:00uh
01:19:03you had a nice early start
01:19:05and have some gold
01:19:06coming out of the ground
01:19:07right away
01:19:08yeah
01:19:08what's your goal
01:19:10my goal is $2,000
01:19:12and we already have
01:19:13a little bit of chunk of gold
01:19:15at the start of the season
01:19:16so that's nice
01:19:16you maybe think
01:19:19we can weigh it up
01:19:20alright
01:19:21are we ready
01:19:21Kevin ran his stockpiled pay
01:19:24for one week
01:19:26at Scribner Creek
01:19:2715
01:19:2720
01:19:2930
01:19:3140
01:19:3350
01:19:3657.04
01:19:43$200,000 in gold
01:19:47$60,000 more
01:19:49than the same amount
01:19:51was worth last season
01:19:53and that's how many hours
01:19:5470
01:19:5570 hours
01:19:55so it's a little bit less
01:19:57than
01:19:57five an ounce now
01:19:58yeah
01:19:58that's still nice
01:20:00oh f*** yeah
01:20:01that's better than zero
01:20:02oh
01:20:02this year cash in
01:20:04so you may as well get with it
01:20:06right
01:20:06yeah
01:20:06you know
01:20:07okay woman
01:20:09okay woman let's get the f*** out of here
01:20:10let's go
01:20:10yeah
01:20:11we have to work
01:20:12so we'll talk to you guys later
01:20:13ladies and gentlemen
01:20:15don't work too hard
01:20:16bye
01:20:16bye
01:20:16catch you later
01:20:17bye
01:20:17bye
01:20:18hey dog
01:20:19that was a decent go away
01:20:22yeah not too mad
01:20:23it's kind of nice to see this yellow stuff
01:20:26this early in the season
01:20:27I'm sure the folks would be happy for us too
01:20:29but the big thing we're looking for right now is the foreman
01:20:33we'll get hiring and something will f***ing show up
01:20:36nice little haul
01:20:41I mean it's a good start
01:20:42that's a couple bucks huh
01:20:44royalty wise
01:20:45royalty wise
01:20:46yeah
01:20:46it's alright
01:20:47there's nothing like making money of your kids is that
01:20:51what's happening
01:20:58how's it going man
01:20:59going good
01:21:00good
01:21:00been a while since we've done one of these
01:21:02yeah
01:21:03pig cat
01:21:07he is back
01:21:09how's it going
01:21:10welcome back
01:21:12yeah thank you
01:21:12it's good having you back
01:21:14and there's a lot to do this year
01:21:15so we need all the help we can get
01:21:17definitely
01:21:17it's the end of the first week
01:21:20of what could be a game changing season
01:21:23for Parker
01:21:24this is the year huh
01:21:26yeah
01:21:26we need to just f***ing shove dirt down those wash plants throats huh
01:21:31it's a long road to 10,000
01:21:35Tyson's got Bob running right now
01:21:40in the bridge cut
01:21:41sulfur's drying out a little bit
01:21:44we've got the trucks upstream they're stripping
01:21:47and that's going alright
01:21:48yep
01:21:48are you ready T?
01:21:52let's check it out
01:21:53doom it
01:21:53this is Mr. Bob
01:21:54this is your first plant
01:21:56well here we go
01:21:57all eyes are on Tyson's first run from the bridge cut
01:22:01last season's payouts were unpredictable
01:22:04Parker's looking for at least 100 ounces
01:22:08from three days sluicing
01:22:1010
01:22:1220
01:22:1440
01:22:1560
01:22:1780
01:22:19gonna break to 100
01:22:21there we go
01:22:23100
01:22:23120
01:22:24125.8
01:22:32nice
01:22:35very nice
01:22:36worth
01:22:37over
01:22:38440,000
01:22:40dollars
01:22:41looks like it was worth getting that ice off
01:22:44yeah
01:22:44we're on the board
01:22:46yeah
01:22:47that's definitely a good start
01:22:50but we have a long ways to go
01:22:51so I hope everybody's ready to buckle in
01:22:55all right
01:22:58thank you guys
01:22:59thank you
01:23:00thank you
01:23:00do it again next week
01:23:01the cat is back
01:23:04meow
01:23:04this season we're really going to be hopping
01:23:09hopes are high
01:23:11and I think we've got a good shot
01:23:13at making our 10,000 ounces this year
01:23:15I think this year we've got the right recipe
01:23:17you know we've got really good people here
01:23:20it's probably the best chance we'll have
01:23:23at doing the five figures
01:23:24it's going to be a ball buster of a season for the boys though
01:23:27you
01:23:27you
01:23:28you
01:23:29you
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