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Maxton Hall The World Between Us – Episode 3
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00:00:00market volatility of gold stands out gold just hit a new record thirty five hundred dollars an
00:00:10ounce and the price of gold has been climbing this is somewhere that economists believe will
00:00:15continue to be a safe haven it is Tony how's it going man how are you hanging in there yeah
00:00:26you got some of that tiny shiny coming in yes good it has all the makings of a good season
00:00:32Parker hey gold price yeah I don't even like to talk about it or look at it me neither because
00:00:37it should be illegal that's how high it is isn't it well then it like goes down three hundred dollars
00:00:42and I'm like what's happening and it's like oh it's still up a thousand yes if you want to beef
00:00:46up your piggy bank well that'll be the year whether I want to say the number or not because I keep
00:00:51saying it and not hitting it but um no we're gonna have to start doing ten thousand a year for
00:00:55for a while now that's a lot of bucks you better get with it bring it on you're going big why do
00:01:02you need to do six six and a half if we do more we do more yeah anyway that's all the makings of a
00:01:09good year long as the price stays there yeah no it's good to see you I'm glad you're doing well
00:01:14same to you hopefully the wars are behind us right
00:01:18bye bye
00:01:24Tony and I've known each other for you know 14 years that's wild like 99 percent of the time
00:01:34it's great that one percent absolutely sucks and he's like one of the biggest on the planet
00:01:39but 99 percent of the time it's just wonderful maybe 95 percent
00:01:4616 years ago three-fifths of an ounce which is about eight hundred dollars a global financial crash
00:01:56caused gold prices to rock it's just gold fever to one thousand dollars an ounce
00:02:03sparking a modern day gold rush it's alive watch the rocks baby but striking it rich proved harder
00:02:13than imagined that's it we're done now breaking news on wall street with stocks tumbling golden
00:02:21safe havens they are surging gold prices have more than tripled to an all-time high three thousand
00:02:29five hundred dollars per ounce we're going gold mining boys hang on
00:02:34with just six months to cash in whoa whoa whoa are we here for a shootout
00:02:42top dogs i don't ask questions i give orders are you gonna behave and underdogs i'm just a delivery
00:02:49boy i don't really give a i just want to get paid collide i got a job offer from parker
00:02:55look out and play dirty can i trust you on this hi yeah to hit the jackpot holy smokes that's a
00:03:06hell of a pant we joke about it being an addiction but it literally is some you made a mess will not
00:03:13survive pick me out somebody to fire yeah it sucks man it really sucks others soar to new heights
00:03:23you guys are killing it there's nothing like making money of your kids is there and set records i was
00:03:32not expecting that did he amazing yeah 2043 and a half ounces that's wild you get a pan you get a pan
00:03:42you get a pan genuinely that's insane
00:04:00the yukon north america's last frontier
00:04:05for over a century prospectors have scoured these valleys and creeks for life-changing gold
00:04:15with just a few summer months to make their fortunes
00:04:20the stars are aligned for us the gold price is crazy we've got a ton of ground prepped on dominion and
00:04:27um we're going to be able to stretch our legs and really run and see what it's made out of
00:04:33this is the year that we'll find out
00:04:3730 year old parker schnabel is on the precipice of a career defining season
00:04:43the gold mining prodigy who started out with a crew of two is now a mining mogul with 60 machines
00:04:51and a 40-person crew we've got amazing people and then we have like this crazy gold price and
00:04:58we're dangerously close to things being really good i just want to go to work i just want to wash rocks
00:05:07and you know get sluicy goosey for the tiny shiny that's all i want to do
00:05:13i did not i have not told you how to do your job one time this whole year just 16 years old when he
00:05:19first became a mine boss i'm pretty young and it's tough to you know i never know if i'm doing the
00:05:26right thing or not parker struggled i'm spending the money here and i make the calls to manage his
00:05:32crew if you can't handle it then maybe this isn't the place for you you are making an enemy out of me
00:05:38but as the young miner grew in gold mining you're only as good as the people you have he evolved
00:05:47oh yeah look at that our season starts now i'll stand behind him any day of the week with a vision
00:05:53that spawned a gold mining empire wow that's the biggest clean out we've ever had and delivered
00:06:00more than 115 million dollars in gold this is not stop here
00:06:09i'm losing faith in you guys but last season it's been one fight after the next we're not making
00:06:16money when we're doing it like this it's frustrating i know what we were doing was wrong
00:06:21parker crashed and burned worst cleanup ever
00:06:25i don't like this feeling i don't like being a loser we came up short and it's not gonna happen
00:06:35again this winter i have spent all the money i can get my hands on buying equipment and hiring people
00:06:44it's a challenge this is kind of uncharted territory for me so much going on we just have to hammer down
00:06:52focus on washing rocks filling jars and everybody's gonna have to step up
00:07:0040 miles southeast of dawson city lies parker's kingdom an area nearly the size of manhattan
00:07:09his main operation is dominion creek land he's bought where he'll run three wash plants to deliver the
00:07:15bulk of his gold 25 miles northwest he'll send a satellite crew to sulfur creek to hunt for pockets
00:07:23of gold left behind by the old timers running the enormous operation will cost parker a hundred thousand
00:07:32dollars each day but if he's successful he could bring in more than 35 million dollars in gold this year
00:07:40what's happening man how are you guys yo yo doing good how are you not too bad welcome to my map room
00:07:50very nice swear it all happens eh how was your winter it was good i uh was a bum for the most part
00:08:01to execute his master plan parker's counting on his trusted lieutenants mitch blasky and tyson lee
00:08:08we're gonna do 10 000 ounces this year
00:08:14like we keep talking about it but we actually have to just do it so we're gonna run four plants this
00:08:21year wow trying to run four wash plants it's like we were all over the place last year trying to
00:08:28cover our bases and like we're gonna be spread out you know how it is when that happens yeah i know i know
00:08:34that there's gonna be a lot of challenges i'm i'm not i don't disagree with you tyson i need you on
00:08:41dominion running a whole operation all right so good luck thanks i'll need it i don't know what's
00:08:51going to come out of sulfur and it's going to be a difficult project so i need you to go over there
00:08:55mitt and get that sorted out first we only have a partial season on the water license so we need
00:09:01to get it done in a hurry all right parker's sulfur water license a permit to pull water from creeks to
00:09:08wash gold expires in just 10 weeks after that he can't mind the claim so what kind of crew do we have
00:09:15to get this done we've hired a bunch of new people okay one big thing is people who can't do their job we
00:09:24need to fire we want to have the best of the best but you guys are the ones that are going to be able
00:09:29to make this happen or not it's brutal right it's going to be a stressful year for you two yeah
00:09:42i know it's a bit of a daunting task but like i'm excited exhausting yeah no days off you just had six
00:09:48months off yeah thanks for coming back yeah i appreciate having you guys here i'm looking forward
00:09:56to this season yeah for sure thanks man all right let's do it there's a lot of work to do there's a
00:10:03lot of gold to find now it's up to mitch and tyson to get the job done hopefully
00:10:09the job will get done hopefully it's the two of them that does it that's what i mean
00:10:20things are already starting off a little bit different here parker made it very clear that
00:10:24uh you know everybody's got to pull their weight and then some we got no room for air
00:10:30last year mitch was in charge this year it's going to be on my shoulders last year i was managing one
00:10:36wash plant this year going to be managing three so no cups we got to find a ton of gold
00:10:45tyson's first mission is to start pulling in gold on dominion's bridge cut
00:10:52the crew has spent two years mining this spot with mixed results now parker's season rides on it
00:11:00delivering big but there's a problem over winter water flooded the cut and the gold bearing pay dirt
00:11:09is buried under three feet of solid ice
00:11:29i'm in the 250 got michael in the 390
00:11:33coming to work for parker it's uh kind of a dream come true i like the way he runs his outfit his
00:11:40gears really nice we got amy here first truckload ice heading out of the cut first of many this is my
00:11:52first time driving a rock truck before they can get to pay dirt tyson's crew needs to shift over 25 000
00:12:01tons of ice
00:12:11i think realistically how the hell are we going to do all this in a week
00:12:17right now i'd like to be setting up the wash plant and firing it up today but we're a long ways away from
00:12:22that
00:12:31how are things going well man the ice is a lot thicker than we thought eh
00:12:35yeah there's a lot of ice in here no it's really rotten
00:12:39so what's your plan just keep uh building piles trucking off this ice right
00:12:45okay we have extra trucks in the yard no you got any more people any more iron you can give us
00:12:53i don't know okay thanks dude no worries see ya
00:13:06if by the end of the week i don't have the ice out of this cut from the wash plant going
00:13:19will have failed my first task first week of the season
00:13:23parker just wants the ice out from the wash plant going the long and short of it
00:13:27i don't really want to spend money trucking ice but we really don't have much of an alternative so
00:13:38um we're just gonna have to suck it up we need to get sleuthing that's gonna be what makes or breaks the season
00:13:57yeah here we go i can't believe we're sleuthing as early as we are
00:14:11we started the season early but we want to keep that up everybody's in their eyes
00:14:1710 miles south at indian river king of the klondon tony beats is already two weeks ahead of his rivals
00:14:25we're giving a and the gold price is in our favor we've been losing days for two weeks we got the
00:14:31early bird cut was all taught ground so that was awesome tony's hoping for a quick score from the 13
00:14:37acre early bird cut if the gold price stays where it is and we lose most of the summer like we did last
00:14:45year darn thing me you're gonna make enough money to set up three generations
00:14:50when there's opportunities there grab it 40 years ago tony and wife minnie left the netherlands to
00:14:58seek their fortune in the yukon all we have was 300 bucks i work 14 hours a day every day
00:15:06from nothing tony grew a 60 million dollar mining dynasty i'm trying to build a future for my kids
00:15:12they got to take over they're going to have to run the circus all by themselves
00:15:21piece of i've never ever never ever had that much here before until two years ago
00:15:29there's six seven million in the hole when the business descended into chaos
00:15:33if i've ever seen a cup then i'm looking at it his family fractured he's running it into the ground
00:15:39he told me this cat was going to be mine oh really yeah feeling a little shafted
00:15:47i shut down the plant you just quit you got to be kidding me every time
00:15:56i'll tell you what they won't give up that easy
00:16:00but the klondike king pulled his family together our kids are really stepping up this year
00:16:06keeping son mike and daughter monica working for him i appreciate everything you're doing to help
00:16:11me anything for family monica but giving eldest son kevin the chance to set up his own operation
00:16:17how's that sound to you that sounds very very nice by the end of last season the more you make the
00:16:23better we like you make the beats had reeled in a record five thousand seven hundred and seventy seven
00:16:29ounces worth 14.4 million dollars that sure is a hell of a lot other than last year
00:16:39it is not a time to sit back and enjoy this is a time to get together and get out there in the
00:16:44morning and make things happen you owe that to the next generation people can have money people
00:16:50gonna have a lot of things but kids and grandkids there's something that if you don't have that you
00:16:56don't have very much tony believes his claims could deliver a jaw-dropping 6500 ounces this season
00:17:07worth more than 22 million dollars hey guys how's it looking well yellow got yellow stuff good thing we
00:17:17started early mike huh yeah when the sun is shining you better ready to make some hay yeah right especially
00:17:23at this price there you go not only is tony already sluicing he's the first to weigh out his gold i can
00:17:30always get more gold i cannot always get this price so let's wait and have a look at it okay ready let's go
00:17:45let's wait and have a look at it at indian river tony beats is gambling on an early season score
00:17:51to cash in on record high gold prices hey ready let's go go he's already sluiced nearly half of the
00:18:00early bird cut 50 60 70 which he's counting on to deliver at least 300 ounces 90 260 290 300 wow 360 390
00:18:16417 and 56. ain't that a beaut that's pretty amazing in just two weeks the beats have pulled in one and a half
00:18:28million dollars i'd say it's a record for us not just the price as to what the we're doing that's a lot of money
00:18:34right there if we keep this up we go so how have you planned out this summer mike you're going to be
00:18:43on the hill as usual monica it would be nice if you could oversee in the gold room cleaning the gold
00:18:50sounds good to me but i was thinking you gave kevin a bunch of help getting him going
00:18:56so is there anything you can help us with
00:18:57there's some opportunities out there let's get these two places here going first and then we'll
00:19:05talk not making any promises until i have that in place right i'm okay with that you there you go
00:19:15so all hands on deck we gotta go
00:19:19i'm very interested to see what tony was talking about in terms of other opportunities
00:19:24i think it's really cool that kevin has gone out on his own but michael's been out here since he was
00:19:3212. mike's really chomping the bit to do more things big picture goals i would like my own mind but
00:19:38right now it's not a priority i have a bunch of other i have to get done we'll see
00:19:44like i'm monica they'll be acting about getting started for themselves but right now we're busy other
00:19:49places so they're just going to have to hang in there for a little bit anyway i never never had
00:19:55that much gold that early a great start to the season
00:20:10one hundred miles away in keno rick ness that's a big pile of dirt is sitting on a pile of gold
00:20:22at his duncan creek claim i would say there's probably pretty damn close to 400 ounces sitting
00:20:29there and right now that's worth over a million dollars and uh it's ready to go our plant's sitting
00:20:33right there the bad news is is we still don't have a water license and we can't touch this
00:20:39blows my mind rick's water license essential to mining still hasn't come through until he gets it
00:20:48he can't mine duncan creek i almost don't even know if i should do this
00:20:52thinking it would make me thinking it would satisfy it would probably just make me more mad
00:21:06oh that's outrageous amount of gold in one pan
00:21:10i don't even know what the emotion is right now i normally i see a pan like that and i hit the roof
00:21:15this is uh that's unbelievable and we can't touch it
00:21:30rick ness i don't expect the growing pains but this is outrageous is a fighter
00:21:36with a small crew of buddies paying them out each season from his haul here's one of those reach you
00:21:44guys you guys you guys earned it a miner for 13 years what he's had highs that's like an ounce
00:21:50right there everybody yourselves and loads no no no no i don't know what else to do right now
00:21:58it's getting out of control always on the brink of losing it all that's one last farewell kicking
00:22:03the balls but last season this is it now this is all mine he bought his own ground let's go
00:22:11megas valley here we go hit the jackpot and reeled in 4.5 million dollars in gold that's it i did it
00:22:22i've got some bad news only to be gut punched we've got a big problem with the water license
00:22:27being approved and i can't guarantee you'll have the license next year without the water license you can't
00:22:34mine now rick must find a way to pull a rabbit out of the hat again what's up dudes how much you
00:22:50nice crushes yeah you like those hey good start with nowhere to mine only half rick's crew has made
00:22:57it back for now well you guys have seen it all you've seen the good you've seen the bad you've
00:23:03seen the the opportunity you've seen the setbacks it's a mess right now it's not just us i mean there's
00:23:11a lot of people getting screwed there's no one shutting the door right now saying that you know
00:23:14your water license never coming in it's just tied up so what are we doing here with no water license
00:23:21it's not the only pile of gold out here and that's why you're here we just have to find another one
00:23:27but it's not gonna be on this ground
00:23:32and you know what gold prices are a thousand dollars more an ounce than when we left here
00:23:36last year i mean that's insanity this is not the year to quit no we need 1800 ounces this year
00:23:44yeah i know that things seem down but you know what we are here and and i am going to find us a
00:23:49spot at the end of the day that's what we're going to do but if this water license comes
00:23:53through at any point this summer you bet your ass i want to move us back here i mean you haven't let
00:23:57us down yet all right hopefully rick understands what he's doing here and hopefully like wherever
00:24:06we're going it's going to be good i want to start moving some dirt these guys have stuck with me
00:24:10through a lot and glad to see they're sticking with me through this we will find a place to mine
00:24:14and uh we're gonna make it work okay uh chelsea you ready ready gaiden you ready yep ready all
00:24:34right then folks screen deck is turning on first time for the season let's go
00:24:44first scoop of pay going in for the season
00:24:52good it 2025 here comes the goal at scribner creek just like his father tony second year mind boss kevin
00:25:03beats is ahead of the pack feels really good to lose this early especially after last year
00:25:09it's it's nice to see it running
00:25:14so you want to look at some iron do you can we have this one last season with a little help from dad
00:25:21three two one
00:25:26kevin plunged his life savings into his own operation this is a big gamble so me and faith have to make
00:25:31this work that's looking really nice cap so excited but overall i think it's a pretty good day
00:25:38but almost from the get-go i'm trying to help you here and you're talking over me tempers flared
00:25:44it's not fun to work with until foreman brennan ruo took control of the crew you don't want to hear it
00:25:54oh this is the piece squash right now and the cuts
00:25:59yes finally
00:26:02so nice work keep it going helping them score that's a big old beautiful a big payday
00:26:10yay money it's nice to be in the upswing honestly
00:26:16we made the right call of getting away from tony's i'm feeling really good about this year i think
00:26:21we're off to a strong start which is good because we have a big goal this year 2 000 ounces figure
00:26:28may as well go double what we did last year aim big and with gold prices being as high as they are if
00:26:33there's any time to have a good big year for gold totals it is this year kevin's mission this year
00:26:39is to double his gold target and cement his place as a mine boss in his own right so our mining plan we
00:26:47left ourselves a p-bank last year that way we have money coming in from day one
00:26:55so day one's losing this is gonna hopefully continue on well
00:27:01last year i was pretty frustrated out here with how much we're shutting down but brennan he knows
00:27:08what he's doing it's nice having taken back it's always good to have returners who know how things
00:27:14run and you know you can rely on that brennan should be showing up soon
00:27:22oh it feels good to be back in the yukon this feels like my second home
00:27:30howdy stranger how's it going guys not too
00:27:38right on we're wondering where the you're at nice to see you pal
00:27:44so what's up we're starting to wonder we haven't heard from you in a bit so yeah um
00:27:48um um i ended up getting a phone call there that i wasn't expecting to get
00:28:00um of another job offer
00:28:05and uh it was a pretty good job offer so i've leaned towards taking that position
00:28:19who offered you the job well parker ended up calling me there which i was completely
00:28:25not expecting same
00:28:29yeah um really back with parker
00:28:35it was not you know there's just a few things in the offer that really
00:28:37aligned to what my future where i kind of see myself being in some goals
00:28:41to have set you know what i mean no
00:28:46i wish you at least told us earlier so that we can plan
00:28:50if i had have known a lot sooner i would have said it a lot sooner right
00:28:56there's not really much we can offer you to get you back here this year i guess
00:28:59huh i've kind of already agreed to it
00:29:01well thank you for stopping by telling us okay guys well you guys have a wicked season we'll see
00:29:12you see you
00:29:18well then
00:29:212 000 ounces without the foreman is going to be a bit more of a project then isn't it
00:29:26it is going to hurt to find someone with brennan's experience that you can rely on
00:29:29if they're good they've got a job
00:29:32maybe we should go poaching too
00:29:47we're down to the last bit of ice here in the bridge that once we get that out of here
00:29:55that means i can start getting bob ready to sluice three days into his ice moving marathon tyson's under the gun
00:30:06parker's given me and i've taken on more than i've ever taken on working here before
00:30:12can i do it i don't know but am i willing to find out yeah it could have cost me my job 100
00:30:18but i hope it doesn't
00:30:23if it does i'll be flipping burgers come visit me at the drive-through
00:30:28and yes i will be spitting in them
00:30:29a 25 mile drive northwest i'm down here at sulper just trying to get this cut opened up
00:30:40this cuts 2 000 feet long they got's probably uh big enough to land a small airplane on
00:30:50for a lot of miners this would be their whole season with multiple people working on it and
00:30:54right now i'm down here jumping from the dozer to the excavator back and forth ripping mitch has a
00:31:00two-acre strip to mine out in just 10 weeks before parker's water license runs out if he fails he'll be
00:31:08forced to leave gold behind the time frame down here is definitely my biggest concern this water license
00:31:14is getting closer to expire by the minute and yet i'm the only one down here
00:31:28who we got here
00:31:35oh hey man what's up not much my friend how are you oh busy good to see you pal come on i'll give you
00:31:44one oh just don't let nobody don't tell anybody yeah keep that off the radio
00:31:52what's your plans well parker poached me you sent me up here to come to work with you
00:31:59no way man yeah buddy all right he said to me specifically you and mitch work so good together
00:32:05i want to get that band back together that's exact words out of his mouth dude that's awesome yeah i
00:32:09can't believe you didn't tell me brennan and mitch it's a lot of scoop yeah we're mining buddies
00:32:19on parker's scribner creek claim yeah nice work yeah you too man they became co-foremen that is
00:32:27perfect and a bromance blossomed are we good what a nice feeling
00:32:31brennan hurry up you've had five days to get this done james are you in charge or are you not in
00:32:38charge until five years ago when brennan quit after falling out with parker so over this man
00:32:48dude we've moved a lot of dirt in this year let me tell you what we got more than ever i could
00:32:52certainly use some help that's what i'm here for you can jump in the dozer we just got to rip this edge
00:32:57i'm gonna start throwing everything back okay well i'm excited buddy
00:33:07time to move some dirt
00:33:13dude it's unreal to have you back here christmas came early
00:33:18all the years i've been gone i've missed working with you every day of it buddy oh you're probably
00:33:23back because you heard we got taco tuesday you didn't mention you guys got a really good cook
00:33:28so that was a big plus for me
00:33:36oh that looks like parker
00:33:45how's it going hey welcome back thanks pal
00:33:49okay the whole sulfur project is kind of an interesting one because
00:33:53it's really hard to see what is pay and what is waste what you're really looking for is virgin banks or
00:34:00like virgin um sections this to me looks like virgin still right so you're forced to pan your way
00:34:11through it and see what's going on this is totally different type of mine in this see
00:34:16three quarters of a century ago old timers used a dredge to mine sulfur creek
00:34:24pulling out more than 1.2 billion dollars in gold but in its wake it left a mystery
00:34:31floating in a self-made pond the dredge traveled its way down the valley
00:34:37sluicing from one side to the other but above the water line the high banks were out of reach so gold
00:34:44was left untouched and where the dredge turned it covered up pockets of gold rich virgin ground
00:34:52with worthless tailings making sulfur a potential treasure trove of hidden gold
00:34:58gold if they can find it it's just going to take some time to figure out like i would be panning pretty
00:35:06constantly perfect sounds good to me okay
00:35:16we got so much water coming through here we got all this material we need to start moving it over
00:35:20No, we need it dry.
00:35:21If we start just working this, it's just going to get wetter and wetter.
00:35:25We're not dredging.
00:35:27So I want to just focus on the ditch here.
00:35:30Yeah, okay, I mean, I agree with you, but I just, what about Parker, you know?
00:35:34Yeah, but, I mean, if we just start digging in here, we're going to be working underwater.
00:35:39Despite Parker's rush to find the gold, Mitch ignores his orders to pan
00:35:44and decides to dig a ditch to drain the water.
00:35:47The first thing we've got to do and we're going to do is get rid of this water.
00:35:50All right.
00:35:57It's going really good.
00:36:00I've got the ditch, you know, all the way to the top end of this cut,
00:36:03which was 2,000 feet long, and the cut's starting to drain out.
00:36:08At Sulphur Creek, Mitch has defied Parker's orders to hunt for virgin hot spots
00:36:14and is ditching instead.
00:36:17Parker's planning on coming down today and doing some panning here.
00:36:20But we've got a lot of material that's still got to be moved here
00:36:23before it's ready to have Parker have a look at this and see what he wants to do.
00:36:35Just hoping to have all this ready by now.
00:36:37What the f*** are you doing?
00:36:43Well, this is not good.
00:36:46What's happening?
00:36:49I thought you might need some panning, but I take it not right now.
00:36:53Yeah.
00:36:55The most important thing, just trying to get rid of the water here so we can actually move
00:36:59the dirt.
00:37:00We've got a pretty good system down.
00:37:02We're just trying to get that corner cleaned out, and then we'll be ready for it.
00:37:09There's a lot of work to do here.
00:37:10I mean, I just got Brandon yesterday, so...
00:37:16There are two options.
00:37:21Find some virgin ground, or else you can leave.
00:37:25You know, gold can buy a lot of things, but it can't buy patience, and the higher the prices
00:37:48go, you know, the less of it there seems to be around here.
00:37:51Parker wants things done in a certain way and order, and I get that.
00:37:54It's his business.
00:37:55It's his company.
00:37:56You know, I've moved a lot of dirt up here, and, you know, I'm confident in what I'm doing.
00:38:01Got the ditches down.
00:38:02We got the cut grain in, and, you know, in my opinion, that's the right move.
00:38:08I just wasted two hours.
00:38:10You just need to get panning.
00:38:14It's my first week back on the job.
00:38:19I haven't worked for Parker for over five years now, and, you know, he's already pissed off.
00:38:23Well, this is the type of that made me leave the last time.
00:38:37A hundred miles east...
00:38:39We're going to have to pull the trigger on something, otherwise we're going to miss this whole season.
00:38:42Still waiting for his water license and desperate for somewhere to mine, Rick's on his way to prospect new ground at a nearby claim, Lightning Creek.
00:38:52You can go to any mine out here and listen to the guy tell you how much gold's on the property, but which one's telling the truth?
00:38:57Not a single one of them, so if we're going to get any answers up there, it's going to be our own.
00:39:01Rick's mining in the Keno Mountains has been boom or bust.
00:39:06The unpredictable ground almost bankrupted him six years ago until he hit the honey hole at Duncan Creek.
00:39:13We do our own testing and see what we find, and we know we can trust that.
00:39:17Rick's found gold on his Duncan Creek claim in two spots.
00:39:22Now, he's hoping the pay streak extends to the Lightning Creek claim eight miles upstream near the gold mother load at Mount Hinton.
00:39:32Lightning Creek is owned by Rick's old landlord, Troy Taylor.
00:39:37Ah, there he is.
00:39:43Hey, guys.
00:39:44Hey, Troy.
00:39:45How's it going?
00:39:46Good to see you.
00:39:47Good to see you.
00:39:48Hey, Troy.
00:39:49Welcome to Lightning Creek.
00:39:50We're ready to hit the ground running, get some gold out of the ground.
00:39:53Six seasons ago.
00:39:54Our deal is 10%.
00:39:56Yep.
00:39:57Or 100 ounce minimum.
00:39:59Rick leased Duncan Creek from landowner Troy Taylor.
00:40:02Ah, that's nice looking gold there, Rick.
00:40:05Then cut a handshake deal to buy the claim.
00:40:08Thanks, Rick.
00:40:09Appreciate that.
00:40:10Gambling millions of dollars.
00:40:12I'm sure you're happy to see that.
00:40:13On the promise of a gold bonanza.
00:40:16Holy .
00:40:18This is your last chance.
00:40:21It was a rocky ride.
00:40:23But finally, the deal was done.
00:40:26Bar one crucial detail.
00:40:28I have to trust that that water license is going to come through.
00:40:31Yeah.
00:40:32You're all in.
00:40:33Yeah.
00:40:34Mm-hmm.
00:40:35All in.
00:40:36It was on Troy to get the water license for Rick.
00:40:40But now that it hasn't come through, he might have other ground for Rick to kick the tires on.
00:40:45Looks like you've done a little bit of work here, right?
00:40:47A little bit, yeah.
00:40:48Dad and I did some sluice in last September.
00:40:51So, yeah.
00:40:52Just you and your dad, pretty much.
00:40:53Yeah, just Dad and I.
00:40:54But what was the gold like?
00:40:55I mean, is it decent or?
00:40:57Yeah, it was decent.
00:40:58The gold is good here.
00:40:59We had some good results last fall.
00:41:01Dad and I did some testing and we're pleased.
00:41:03Lightning is just like Upper Duncan in the sense that it's flowing through a canyon.
00:41:08Hopefully, gold has been flushed out of those canyons, like Upper Duncan, into this main valley.
00:41:13How much overburden is on top of like?
00:41:15It's not bad.
00:41:16It's just about five feet of muck and sand.
00:41:20Great to pay then.
00:41:21Oh, that's it, eh?
00:41:22Yeah.
00:41:23And I would just take about 15 feet and then we get into another, it's kind of like a false bedrock and that's where I would stop for now.
00:41:30So, the pay layer was 15 feet?
00:41:32Yeah.
00:41:33That's more than I expected.
00:41:34I know that we're not the only ones fighting this water license stuff this year.
00:41:38What's the deal with this one here?
00:41:39How many more years are on it?
00:41:40Yeah, that's a good question.
00:41:42This is good till 2028.
00:41:44So, we've got a few more years here and we do.
00:41:47Why give us the option?
00:41:48I mean, it's just, you know, why aren't you doing it?
00:41:52Well, I feel bad about this whole water license thing.
00:41:58So, I want to give you a shot here and Dad and I can step aside for a year if you want to go here, so.
00:42:06There's no cost under royalty.
00:42:08Yeah, there's no, a lot less risk for us, so.
00:42:11Yeah.
00:42:12And they don't sound like a salesman, but there is other people that have been calling me over the winter, so.
00:42:17But I've been holding on to this for you, so I'm hoping that we can work something out.
00:42:23Yeah.
00:42:24Yeah.
00:42:25You know, I mean, I, I, can I trust you on this?
00:42:30Uh, I, I, yeah.
00:42:32We've been, what, six years now together, so.
00:42:35Yeah.
00:42:36I think, uh.
00:42:37I mean, I just, there's no, been no, no shortage of surprises out here.
00:42:42I can't wait too much longer.
00:42:44Dad and I, we're gonna keep mining or get somebody else in here, so.
00:42:48No, I understand that.
00:42:49So, we got the trauma here today, so.
00:42:51We get some testing done and try to make a decision as quick as we can, so.
00:42:56Let's do it.
00:42:59It's definitely getting harder to trust people out here.
00:43:01You know, gold's at a premium, water licenses are rare as can be.
00:43:04The vultures are circling.
00:43:06Troy, he always seems to have the answer when I don't.
00:43:09So, it's, uh, you know, it's a win-win for Troy.
00:43:12We need this to work out because we, we need to get somewhere to go mining and we need to quit.
00:43:29Still waiting for his water license, Rick Ness has to move his operation and is hoping new ground at Lightning Creek will be worth it.
00:43:42We've already done a couple of test holes, but I want to do one more here.
00:43:46There's a lot of big bullies out of this.
00:43:49Could be nice stuff.
00:43:51Troy Taylor has already stripped a section down to pay dirt, so Rick's making spot checks on the stripped ground.
00:43:58He'll run two square yards of pay and is looking for at least a gram from the run.
00:44:03By the sounds of Troy, that, you know, it's looking pretty good here.
00:44:06But I have kind of some doubts here, but at the same time, I, I really hope this is going to turn out for us.
00:44:21That should be a good enough speed.
00:44:23Yeah.
00:44:24For sure.
00:44:25Yeah, I'll go get the water going.
00:44:26Okay.
00:44:27Hey, Ricky.
00:44:28Are we ready for you to throw some in if you want?
00:44:29I'll give her a shot.
00:44:30This bucket's kind of big.
00:44:31I'll probably make a mess.
00:44:32It's washing the rocks really nice, so hopefully it gives us good breeding.
00:44:50That's the last of the dirt.
00:44:55That's how we got our chest done.
00:44:56Yeah.
00:44:57We'll have to clean it up and then get the hell out of here and weigh it and see what we got.
00:45:02Shut her down and clean her up.
00:45:03Yeah, man.
00:45:04Yeah, let's do it.
00:45:05It does have to be hot, but it's got to be hot enough for a slice.
00:45:19Let's go.
00:45:20Let's go.
00:45:21Oh, hello, hello.
00:45:22Back at camp, the fate of Rick's season rests on the results of the Lightning Creek test.
00:45:28Some nice pickers on that.
00:45:29Yeah.
00:45:30If the gold is good, it could be the lifeline he needs.
00:45:35What's the ground like down there?
00:45:37It's pretty shallow.
00:45:38It seems like only about an average of about five feet overburden, maybe a little bit more,
00:45:43and then a solid 15-foot stick pay layer.
00:45:45Well, that's pretty good.
00:45:46That's a really good, you know, ratio.
00:45:48I don't expect it to pay out like Vegas Valley, but who knows?
00:45:52Shall we see if it's even worth it?
00:45:54We shall.
00:45:55Weigh some gold.
00:45:56All right.
00:45:57I don't think I've ever weighed up this small amount of gold, but let's get it all in there.
00:46:02Rick wants at least a gram from his two-yard run.
00:46:06We have .525 on there.
00:46:25Just half what Rick was hoping for.
00:46:27So is it worth it?
00:46:29No.
00:46:33We're going to be sitting here with our hands out, no place to mine.
00:46:40We're screwed.
00:46:41We had a super fast start to the season.
00:46:56We have cleanups and a couple bucks in the bank.
00:46:58A hundred miles away, Tony Beetz has already banked $1.5 million in gold.
00:47:05There is more pressure on Mike this year.
00:47:07I mean, Mike has been running Paradise Hill like it's his, but it's not his.
00:47:11It's still mine.
00:47:12So maybe we'll have to do something with him.
00:47:15He wants a piece of the action too.
00:47:17Once he has the hill up and running, well, then we'll just see what we can pull off.
00:47:23Tony's mining operation is split between two claims.
00:47:28Indian River, where he's already sluicing pay from the early bird cut.
00:47:32And 40 miles away, Paradise Hill, the core of the family business for over 30 years.
00:47:38Hey Mike, de-copy, Mike de-copy.
00:47:43Try the kitchen, would you please?
00:47:47Hey Mike, how are you?
00:47:48Ah, good, yourself?
00:47:49No complaints.
00:47:53Last year I was back and forth a bit.
00:47:55But this year you won't see very much of me.
00:47:57You got lots to do here.
00:47:58I know.
00:47:59But I got quite a pile going on in the Indian too.
00:48:01But this gold price here, we don't get on it, boy, I tell you.
00:48:06Let's get it on the go.
00:48:08Get down the play door this week.
00:48:10That seems a little excessive.
00:48:12Oh, really?
00:48:14Step up to the plate.
00:48:16Yeah.
00:48:17Make some money so I can spend some more.
00:48:19How's that?
00:48:20Don't worry, dad.
00:48:21I'll help you with that.
00:48:22Yeah, anyway, Mike.
00:48:23I can't shoot and sit around there like you do.
00:48:26I gotta go to work.
00:48:27Well, if you did your job better, you'd have more time.
00:48:29Oh, yeah.
00:48:30off, Mike.
00:48:31I'm leaving.
00:48:32See you later.
00:48:33Catch you later, dad.
00:48:34Yeah, love you too.
00:48:35My gold do my job well and get the results my dad wants.
00:48:42So I'm going to get as much gold as I can this year.
00:48:45Because with the prices as they are, you're a moron if you don't take advantage of that.
00:48:51While Tony's based at Indian River, he's giving Mike sole charge of Paradise Hill, entrusting him with a nine-man crew to supersize the super pit.
00:49:02More responsibility, more authority.
00:49:04Well, I want to focus on stripping before I get sluicing so that I can just, when I get sluicing, I don't stop.
00:49:10Over the last three years, the Beetz family has cleared out nearly 4 million tons of worthless overburden, creating an 18-acre super pit.
00:49:25The cut is home to the Klondike's fabled White Channel pay.
00:49:30Concentrated gold washed down directly from hard rock deposits.
00:49:34So far, it's produced over 4,000 ounces of gold worth $15 million.
00:49:41This year, Mike plans to extend the cut by nearly 50%, opening up eight more acres of ground.
00:49:49Tony wants the first acre down to pay by the end of the week.
00:49:56We're going to have a whole whack load of stuff opened up, so we have a lot of work ahead of us.
00:50:05My dad bought six new trucks.
00:50:10We're going to strip, strip, strip, strip, strip, strip.
00:50:14Another year at Paradise.
00:50:15Glad to be back.
00:50:16We've got brand new rock trucks.
00:50:18Just hauling overburden from the cut.
00:50:20We're trying to expand.
00:50:22To get down to the gold-bearing pay lamp, a D-11 dozer rips and pushes the worthless waste dirt, called Overburden, to two excavators.
00:50:32Which load it into rock trucks, haul it 2,000 feet away, and dump it on the waste pile.
00:50:41Hopefully get sluice in here in Paradise soon, get that gold coming in.
00:50:52Guys, guys, guys, we've got a problem. We've got a problem. The cat truck has flipped. The cab of the cat truck has flipped.
00:51:02Oh, .
00:51:05I'm stuck in here.
00:51:07Right on the edge.
00:51:17Oh, .
00:51:20I'm stuck in here.
00:51:25Oh, my .
00:51:26I honestly don't want to touch it.
00:51:28Right on the edge.
00:51:29At Paradise Hill, a brand new $750,000 rock truck has flipped, with driver Graham trapped inside the cab, hanging on the edge of a 200-foot drop.
00:51:42This side is just .
00:51:45I wish Mike could hurry up, because if the bank starts to go...
00:51:48This is not the circus I signed up for.
00:51:51I still have all my windows.
00:51:54You still have all your windows, yes.
00:51:56.
00:51:58.
00:51:59Oh, that exhaust.
00:52:04The hoses are pretty pulled, too.
00:52:07Oh, my hood .
00:52:09Breaking our new truck right away.
00:52:11It's slowly dropping more and more, which is a little nerve-wracking.
00:52:15As long as you get me pulled out of here before I flip.
00:52:20Okay.
00:52:21Well, you can't get out.
00:52:22Too big.
00:52:24Hey, Mike!
00:52:25Well, what the .
00:52:26Is he still in there?
00:52:27Yeah.
00:52:28.
00:52:29.
00:52:30He won't fit through that window.
00:52:31If you could double his size, he wouldn't fit.
00:52:32Rescue him, for sake.
00:52:33We're supposed to be pin charge.
00:52:34Kick out the window.
00:52:35Make him stand on the steering wheel, stick his head out the window, kick the thing in.
00:52:39That way, his eyes and ears, and everything will be fine.
00:52:40Get his fat ass out.
00:52:41Okay, you ready, Graham?
00:52:42I guess so.
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00:52:44Okay, you ready, Graham?
00:52:45I guess so.
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00:53:40yeah glad it didn't go over the edge fully that's wow could be fired could not be depending on the
00:53:50mood hey Mike put it on the grass to set the 36 ton truck back on its wheels Tony and Mike use the
00:53:58520 horsepower d10 dozer while the 480 excavator holds the box in place to stop it dropping over
00:54:08the edge I'm very sorry Tony I know I'm not really thinking anything I do about it because you're on
00:54:30the frost and at this slippery I still feel bad since it's a brand new job I was expecting
00:54:38to be a little bit more aggravated I flipped one of the new ones there's no use firing people
00:54:45at his neck because when you fire somebody there's two people that lose I lose an employee he loses his
00:54:50job it's too bad you had to break the window but so it is I guess right yeah I'd be the hood be
00:54:57fended I'll be railing I'll be nobody hurt that's always a big thing yeah for Mike it's now a fight
00:55:05to hit pay dirt by the end of the week with one less truck and show Tony he can run Paradise Hill
00:55:12on his own they're not full if you want to prove yourself I suggest you get rid of
00:55:28Brandon and I are trying to get as much ground open out down here at sulfur as possible at sulfur
00:55:33creek Mitch and Brennan have finally drained the cut and exposed what could be their first hidden pay
00:55:41pocket how far did the dredge get over here figure out what's left for us now they're ready for Parker
00:55:48to pan hopefully we got something for him to look at oh Parker likes to see the gold then you know he
00:55:55wants it now like this to me looks virgin I really don't know what to expect I'm just gonna show Mitch
00:56:25get one pan out of the downstream edge of your ditch holy smoke that's why we're doing this wow and
00:56:36that's pretty exciting find it again yeah hopefully there's more of that that was really good pan and
00:56:45I just need to get a wash plant in here and find out if it mines like it pans 25 miles southeast at
00:56:52Dominion Creek we got the ice out of the bridge cut we got pay stacked up now it's time we get
00:56:59sluicing Tyson is on the clock Parker wants wash plant Bob sluicing by the end of the day I haven't
00:57:07talked to Alex and Liam yet there will be no waiting Parker has made that abundantly clear
00:57:13how's it going guys we're ready to run dirt um the hoppers gonna be the main holdup for Bob starting
00:57:27the pre-wash hopper feeder yeah this feed chain system this plant can't run without it man it would have
00:57:36been nice if you told me that the feed chain system which drives the wash plants pre-wash conveyor is
00:57:43broken and the mechanics want to install a new one Parker he wants Bob running today there's no getting
00:57:52around this right now yeah me let's get at it we've got a lot of work to do
00:58:06mr. Justin hey boys mr. Bill what's going on we brought a rush rush project at Dominion Creek
00:58:21Parker's mechanics are hustling to fix the feed chain system on Bob's pre-wash conveyor all right
00:58:28well let's get this thing unloaded and get at it because it ain't gonna fix itself
00:58:32the pre-wash conveyor moves pater into the shaker to be washed the motor which turns the conveyor's
00:58:41front drive shaft is connected via a small chain and sprocket but over time the chain tighten pulling
00:58:49the shaft inwards breaking apart the sprocket and bearings to fix this design fault the mechanics will
00:58:57remove the small chain and sprocket fit a new front drive shaft and align the motor so it sends power
00:59:05directly to the chef chain is up there we go a motor come out of there nice and easy okay we're laughing
00:59:21this is the final fit there we go perfect right so that that is it copy Alec go for Alec you are ready to roll my
00:59:44friend sweet we'll come grab it wide load coming to you well look at this you guys pulled it off what do
01:00:03you say we get Bob running
01:00:04keep it coming
01:00:14lift it up a little bit
01:00:17whoa there buddy there it goes you're in
01:00:23beautiful
01:00:28sweet
01:00:28everything's in place
01:00:31okay you guys ready yeah yeah well here we go
01:00:35let's firebomb up
01:00:37take your necks on
01:00:41here goes the pre-wash offer
01:00:44spin
01:00:50here goes the first scoop of the season
01:00:57the pre-wash conveyer delivers pay dirt to the plant water jets blast the gold and fine dirt off the rocks a 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
01:01:27tyson's on the gold
01:01:29beautiful sight right there Liam first wash back going on dominion that is a beautiful sight
01:01:34with three days sluice time before the end of the week tyson's on the gold parker's big push for 10,000 ounces is on
01:01:44bob's got a lot of ground to get through this year
01:01:46bob's got a lot of ground to get through this year
01:01:51minors across the yukon are gathering at dawson city for the klondike placer mining association meeting
01:02:05the kpma warn a glut of unprocessed water licenses is putting livelihoods at risk
01:02:11that risk
01:02:13what a joke
01:02:14desperate to start his season
01:02:16rick is in dawson to meet the klondike placer mining association
01:02:20a local union working with miners with no water licenses
01:02:24my back's against the wall
01:02:26i've been up to my elbows in this you know in this whole water license stuff
01:02:30it sucks man it really sucks
01:02:32the state of the industry is not too great
01:02:34a lot of people in the exact same boat as me with the water license and all that
01:02:37i'm hoping that the kp make maybe they know when these are going to get approved
01:02:41give me some kind of reason to stick with dunking creek
01:02:43you know without it i don't know what the hell we're going to do
01:02:45hey
01:02:46that's somebody i know
01:02:48what's going on buddy
01:02:49how you doing
01:02:50i'm okay how you been
01:02:51i'm all right
01:02:52better than you
01:02:53yeah
01:02:54i've heard what's going on
01:02:55oh man
01:02:56there's a lot of people that are pretty screwed up by it
01:02:58and the thing is the forces that are against the mining
01:03:02have so many tactics to stall things and it's death by delay
01:03:06yeah
01:03:07this is absolutely right
01:03:08right
01:03:09just shoot me in the head don't give me a slow dab
01:03:10yeah
01:03:11but let's see what they do in the meeting and then uh
01:03:13why don't i buy you a beer afterwards
01:03:15i appreciate that man
01:03:16all right
01:03:17just go in this meeting and see what they say and
01:03:21go from there
01:03:29something's gotta give
01:03:36yeah i've had enough of that
01:03:46big waste of time
01:03:47it gets us nowhere
01:03:49it's just a bull you know
01:03:50like whose ass do i put my fist up to get some results here
01:03:53and maybe i'll be done
01:03:54who knows who knows at this point
01:03:56probably gonna have a beer maybe ten
01:03:58in dawson with no breakthrough on his water license
01:04:02rick's hopes of mining this season
01:04:05best seat in the house
01:04:06hanged by a thread
01:04:07whoa whoa whoa
01:04:08what's up
01:04:09good to see you buddy
01:04:10good to see you
01:04:11you know the last time we were together
01:04:15was um
01:04:1614 years ago
01:04:17really
01:04:18you think that was the last time i was still young
01:04:20i was still young
01:04:21that's a long time ago
01:04:22i
01:04:24i remember i was like i think tony beats is like the coolest guy in the world
01:04:28and i want to be like tony
01:04:30thank you
01:04:31thank you
01:04:32that'll be a long time but you know what being good years right
01:04:35yeah
01:04:36every year i have more fun
01:04:37good for you
01:04:38it takes a lot to get me jealous but when i roll by you have so much equipment running
01:04:43yeah
01:04:45so
01:04:46how's rick
01:04:47you having fun
01:04:48no
01:04:49no
01:04:50the kp bay has gotten us nowhere
01:04:52basically we can't touch duncan creek
01:04:54oh that's not very good
01:04:55no it's uh kind of a slap in the face
01:04:57do you have that other block of ground
01:05:00lightning creek
01:05:01yeah
01:05:02um
01:05:03well i don't have it
01:05:04it's troy's
01:05:05so it's a lease
01:05:06but he's like a pretty reasonable landlord
01:05:07he is
01:05:08and
01:05:09you know it's not like me
01:05:10yeah
01:05:11i wasn't gonna say that but yeah
01:05:14and you've done like one test or a bunch of tests
01:05:17we did a few tests there
01:05:18i'm not very happy about it
01:05:20but there's a license there for three years
01:05:22that's pretty good
01:05:24but i'm not sure if there's a lot of gold in it
01:05:27but i mean you have one thing going for you and that is like gold price is so good
01:05:32yeah
01:05:33no i hear you
01:05:34but this is uh this is definitely a gamble
01:05:35oh
01:05:36gold price is excellent
01:05:38if you're lucky enough to have a license
01:05:40hurry the up mine the out of it and leave that's it
01:05:44that's it
01:05:45you just gotta get out there and wash as many rocks as you can
01:05:47get the over that and make it work rick
01:05:51you're right
01:05:53make some money
01:05:55oh yeah
01:05:56hope it goes well
01:05:58well
01:06:00well i've gotta run
01:06:01i've got a dog that needs a walk
01:06:03park and it was fun
01:06:04um
01:06:05it's great to see you guys
01:06:06me too for sure
01:06:07there you go
01:06:08yeah let's not wait another 14 years huh
01:06:09yeah
01:06:10yeah do it
01:06:11i've known rick for 15 years
01:06:13he was there for all the years where i was just like scared to death of going broke
01:06:17i was scared to death of people taking advantage of me i was scared to death of tony kicking me off the ground
01:06:22this business eats you alive if you're not ready for it
01:06:27with rick i could definitely see him losing everything and leaving the gold fields broke
01:06:36but i could also see him building an empire and i really hope that he's successful i do
01:06:43i cut my teeth out here with parker i've known tony since the day i walked into the klondike
01:06:47and um they've always had good advice and i'd be foolish not to take it
01:06:51let's take it
01:06:52i've got lightning creek as an option right now and we're gonna take that option we're gonna run with it
01:07:06i'd like to remind all rock truck drivers and the hoe operator working in the cut
01:07:09keep going keep shaming her off
01:07:11strip strip strip strip strip strip
01:07:14after a disastrous start managing tony's paradise hill claim
01:07:18mike beats is racing to get down to pay
01:07:22mike's doing the best with what he's got but we need to move this dirt
01:07:25get to the gold get to the pay
01:07:28our guys are doing real good they're moving a lot of dirt
01:07:31there's some of this like right here this is not very far from the pay
01:07:35there's so many rocks that's usually a good indicator that's good stuff
01:07:38if you want to drive in i can grab my kubota because it makes its way in
01:07:44yeah let's walk looks like you need it
01:07:47yeah go ahead
01:07:53we're down to pay here do you want to check it out
01:07:57i'll be there in a minute
01:08:00a little bit clay in it but it's got the rocks
01:08:04it'll be a fat chunk huh
01:08:07let's grab a pan
01:08:09now what if i forgot how to pan
01:08:15give me a rock
01:08:18give me a rock
01:08:21where would you like it
01:08:22right there
01:08:23thank you sir
01:08:42look at that
01:08:43a good pan
01:08:48nice fine stuff
01:08:49yeah
01:08:50it's fine as frog hair as they say but that's on the top anyway right
01:08:55but we can sluice that mike hey
01:08:56oh yeah
01:08:57without a question
01:09:00we hit pay in paradise hill
01:09:02the indian sluice lot is doing a good job
01:09:05so everything is looking up everything is looking pretty good
01:09:08be all in business perfect
01:09:11perfect
01:09:18we're back
01:09:19hold on
01:09:20before tyson cleared all the ice
01:09:22parker turned the bridge cut into a race track
01:09:28oh
01:09:29oh
01:09:30just push on the front a little bit
01:09:41come on get in there
01:09:43cody get in there
01:09:47cody get in there
01:09:49cody get in there
01:09:51oh
01:09:52yeah
01:10:01oh
01:10:02every light on the dash is on
01:10:03you know any good mechanics
01:10:04dude they're gonna kill me if they find out why this happened
01:10:07don't tell anybody
01:10:08and don't tell anybody.
01:10:17We're down to foreman.
01:10:19But I think being as set up as we are now,
01:10:21it is doable.
01:10:22And, well, we are going to try.
01:10:25Tony's eldest son, Kevin,
01:10:27has been running his Scribner Creek mine for a week,
01:10:30relying more on operator Caden Foote.
01:10:33This is the earliest I've started sluicing in a season,
01:10:36but I feel like it's going to be a bit of a struggle
01:10:39without Brennan.
01:10:40He was an all-around great foreman.
01:10:44We really got to, as a team, come together
01:10:47so we can get as much out as we can.
01:10:55Hey, man, got some yellow s***.
01:10:59Hi, guys.
01:11:00Hey, man.
01:11:00Hey, guys.
01:11:01How's it going, pal?
01:11:02How are you?
01:11:02Not too bad.
01:11:03Good.
01:11:03Kevin leases the ground from Tony
01:11:06and pays a 10% royalty on any gold he finds.
01:11:12So, your second year on your own.
01:11:14How are you feeling about that?
01:11:15You going to cross it?
01:11:17Honestly, I'm feeling pretty f***ing good.
01:11:20Ready to roll this year.
01:11:21You don't have to buy this, buy every f***ing thing, right?
01:11:24Yeah.
01:11:24So that's got to make it a lot easier to start this year.
01:11:27It definitely is a lot nicer to hit the ground running.
01:11:30What's happening with Brennan?
01:11:31Well, we didn't know he was showing up,
01:11:34and then he finally came and talked to us,
01:11:37told us that he wasn't coming back.
01:11:39It would have been nice if you would have let you know that in the winter.
01:11:42It would have been nice, for sure.
01:11:43That's people for you again.
01:11:44That's people for you?
01:11:45Oh, yeah.
01:11:46So who gives a f***?
01:11:48Next.
01:11:48That's how it goes next.
01:11:49Uh, Tay, you had a nice early start.
01:11:54And have some gold coming out of the ground right away?
01:11:56Yeah.
01:11:57What's your goal?
01:11:59My goal is $2,000.
01:12:00And we already have a little bit of chunk of gold at the start of the season,
01:12:03so that's nice.
01:12:05Do you maybe think we can weigh it up?
01:12:07All right.
01:12:08Are we ready?
01:12:09Kevin ran his stockpiled pay for one week at Scribner Creek.
01:12:1415, 20, 30, 40, 50, 57.04.
01:12:29$200,000 in gold, $60,000 more than the same amount was worth last season.
01:12:37And that's how many hours?
01:12:3870.
01:12:3970 hours.
01:12:40So it's a little bit less than...
01:12:41So I announce now.
01:12:42Yeah.
01:12:43It's still nice.
01:12:44Oh, f***, yeah.
01:12:45That's better than zero.
01:12:45Oh.
01:12:46This year cash in, so you may as well get with it, right?
01:12:49Yeah.
01:12:49You know?
01:12:51Okay, woman, let's get the f*** out of here.
01:12:53Let's go.
01:12:53We have to work, so we'll talk to you guys later.
01:12:56Ladies and gentlemen, don't work too hard.
01:12:58Bye.
01:12:58Catch you later.
01:13:00Hey, dog.
01:13:03That was a decent call, eh?
01:13:04Yeah, not too mad.
01:13:05It's kind of nice to see this yellow stuff this early in the season.
01:13:09I'm sure the folks would be happy for us, too.
01:13:10But the big thing we are looking for right now is the foreman.
01:13:14We'll get hiring and something will f***ing show up.
01:13:20Nice little haul.
01:13:21I mean, it's a good f***ing start.
01:13:22It's a couple bucks, huh?
01:13:24Royalty-wise.
01:13:25Royalty-wise, yeah.
01:13:26All right.
01:13:27There's nothing like making money of your kids, is there?
01:13:30What's happening?
01:13:36How's it going, man?
01:13:37Going good.
01:13:38Good.
01:13:39It's been a while since we've done one of these.
01:13:41Yeah.
01:13:43Hey, cat!
01:13:44Hey!
01:13:45He is back!
01:13:47How's it going?
01:13:48Welcome back.
01:13:49Yeah, thank you.
01:13:50It's good having you back.
01:13:51And there's a lot to do this year, so we need all the help we can get.
01:13:53Definitely.
01:13:54It's the end of the first week of what could be a game-changing season for Parker.
01:14:00This is the year, huh?
01:14:02Yeah.
01:14:02We need to just f***ing shove dirt down those wash plants' throats, huh?
01:14:08It's a long road to 10,000.
01:14:13Tyson's got Bob running right now in the bridge cut.
01:14:17Sulphur's drying out a little bit.
01:14:19We've got the trucks upstream there stripping.
01:14:21And that's going all right?
01:14:22Yep.
01:14:23Are you ready, T?
01:14:25Let's check it out, Dumit.
01:14:27This is Mr. Bob.
01:14:28This is your first plant.
01:14:29Well, here we go.
01:14:30All eyes are on Tyson's first run from the bridge cut.
01:14:34Last season's payouts were unpredictable.
01:14:37Parker's looking for at least 100 ounces from three days' sluicing.
01:14:4310, 20, 40, 60, 80.
01:14:51Going to break to 100?
01:14:52100, there we go, 100, 120.
01:15:00125.8.
01:15:04Nice.
01:15:05Very nice.
01:15:06Worth over $440,000.
01:15:09Looks like it was worth getting that ice off.
01:15:13Yeah.
01:15:14We're on the board.
01:15:15Yeah.
01:15:17That's definitely a good start, but we have a long ways to go.
01:15:20So, I hope everybody's ready to buckle in.
01:15:23Thanks for having me.
01:15:24All right.
01:15:25Thank you, guys.
01:15:27Thanks, man.
01:15:27Do it again next week.
01:15:29The cat is back.
01:15:31Meow.
01:15:31Ow.
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