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Gold Rush - Season 16 Episode 6 -
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00:00I'll just do a little preventative maintenance on the trucks, grease them up.
00:12Kind of expected Ryan to show up every time now. There you go.
00:17Though it is ridiculous to be here without a mechanic.
00:20Oh look at that, there he is.
00:25Look at this guy. My man. Fresh out of the road?
00:32That drive never gets shorter. What is that, 50?
00:36It's about 56, 57 hours.
00:39Rick Ness is ready to mine some gold and has called in critical crew mechanic Ryan Kent.
00:49So you're ready for work?
00:51Yeah, yeah, let's go. Sorry I'm late.
00:54With all the unknowns up here, it didn't make any sense for you to rush up here.
00:58I think there's opportunities here. There's a lot of ground to explore.
01:01We can go check it out.
01:02Show me now?
01:03Yep.
01:07Rick spent 200 ounces of gold to buy a new opportunity, Lightning Creek.
01:13He paid half up front, but needs to pay the second 100 ounces to seller Troy Taylor in two weeks' time.
01:24The claim covers more than 1,600 acres.
01:28And after a quick prospect, Rick rolled the dice and decided where to mine.
01:34This is the diamond cut here.
01:37So the good news is it's already down to pay it.
01:40The bad news is we're not a solution.
01:43What's the season total?
01:441,800.
01:45Is there going to be a stretch down here?
01:48I've been talking to Troy about it. I think we could pull it off.
01:51And I assume they gave you all the drill results for everything that they've done here?
01:55Yeah, yeah.
01:56There is some drilling.
01:57It's not, but it had a ton of mining on it.
01:59Are you happy with the test results?
02:01If we could actually get the ground here to stay consistent with the test that we got, it'd be good.
02:06You know, an ounce for 100 yards is what we're looking for.
02:08And with gold prices the way they are, like holy , man.
02:12To me, you're taking a pretty big gamble buying another piece of ground.
02:15That's, you know, the only thing that's been tested is by word of mouth from somebody else.
02:19And you just spend a ton of money to buy out the ground that you're on.
02:23You're right.
02:24That's the last thing I wanted to do.
02:26And I don't know, I probably did jump the gun.
02:29You know, my family relies heavily on how we do here.
02:34You know, I'm nervous as hell.
02:36The bottom line is we've got ground.
02:38We've got a water license.
02:39We need to get the gold coming in now.
02:41Looks like we need to get a plant ready then.
02:43Yeah.
02:45Hey guys, come on down with 750.
02:48We got a visitor.
02:49You finally show up?
02:50And it's the Yukon's best dirt mover.
02:52Hey, buddy.
02:53How you doing, man?
02:54Yeah, looks like you've been busy.
02:55Our new employees.
02:56What's up, buddy?
02:57Hey, Kai, this is Ryan.
02:58Hey, Ryan, nice to be here.
02:59We tried to set the plant up, but there's just not a lot of room down here.
03:03And I just, I didn't like the looks of it.
03:05There wasn't enough space.
03:06The bank was starting to erode right away.
03:08Last week, Rick's crew fired up WashBland Rocky for the first time this season.
03:18We got water.
03:19Woo!
03:20Woo!
03:21When disaster struck.
03:23The bank's eroding way too fast.
03:25Shut up!
03:26Shut up!
03:27It's already gone too far.
03:29Rick moved Rocky off the pad, rebuilt the foundation, and is finally ready to run again.
03:41Yep, I'm gonna stand away.
03:42Yeah.
03:43Once that's in, then we'll get the water and the pumps and the generator all hooked up.
03:54I think that's good.
04:03That's nuts on level.
04:06Next!
04:11This gen shack right here, and that's what provides the power for our plant.
04:15We've got the generator over here.
04:16We're gonna get the water pump next.
04:22Good?
04:23Looks pretty level to be, don't you?
04:24Yeah.
04:25Very nice to see this coming together.
04:28By the end of the day, we might even see some gold.
04:29Let me rephrase that.
04:30By the end of the day, we better see some gold.
04:31Clear.
04:32Woo!
04:33Clear!
04:34Yep.
04:35Yeah!
04:36Yeah!
04:37It's like we've never shot it off!
04:42Make sense, yeah!
04:46I'm, I'm sorry, we're not going to see it, don't you?
04:49Yep!
04:50Very nice to see this coming together.
04:51By the end of the day, we might even see some gold.
04:52Let me rephrase that, by the end of the day, we better see some gold.
04:56Clear.
04:57Clear.
04:58Yep!
04:59Let me rephrase that.
05:01It's like we never shut it off.
05:04It makes the same noise.
05:05There's nothing in it.
05:06Get the water going.
05:13There she goes.
05:16I'm super excited to see my first bucket put in the plan.
05:24A little shake.
05:25A little bit.
05:26Whoo!
05:28There we go.
05:29First bucket, 2025.
05:32Oh, listen to that.
05:37I say it every year.
05:38It's just some dirt, just some rocks, just some steel,
05:42all rattling together.
05:44But it sounds like gold to me.
05:49You can see the excitement in every one of these guys right now
05:51finally getting to see some gold go through the box.
05:531,800 ounces isn't going to come easy,
05:55so we definitely got to stay at it,
05:57keep the equipment good, and get to work.
06:00There's always an overwhelming amount of work to be done
06:03to get to this point.
06:04And when you finally do,
06:06you really got to take the time to celebrate it.
06:08But there's going to be someone sitting in this seat now
06:11every hour of every day for the next five months
06:15until we get out of here.
06:16You know, we'll push it as hard as we can,
06:18maybe get 120 yards an hour out of it,
06:20and we're going to make it work.
06:22You know, hopefully this right now is the start
06:24one hell of a season.
06:26We started early.
06:44But lately the pace has been a little bit slow,
06:47so once in a while we're going to have to get on it
06:51and breathe a little bit alive in the outfit.
06:57Mikey asked right a bit to do the get paradise hill up and gone.
07:02I was losing the early bird cut right now.
07:08King of the Klondike, Tony Beetz, has mined 1,400 ounces
07:13of his 6,500-ounce target,
07:17all of it from his early bird cut using one wash plant,
07:21sluice-a-lot.
07:25I like to move my ass a little bit.
07:27Get some new ground to open up.
07:29Open ground is better than money in the bank.
07:32I always have piggy banks.
07:34The whole corner cut is one of them.
07:37Tony's doubling down on his fast start
07:40by opening new ground he prospected last year.
07:45We have to get this great big corner cut ready.
07:49There's storm from Mike, his night shift guys.
07:52Get a couple of rock trucks and an excavator.
07:55I don't want to have this sluice box
07:57to sit down on an idle, not sluicing at all.
08:00We're going to try to avoid that at all costs.
08:03The plan is to strip at least, claim and a half
08:06for the end of the week.
08:08A mile east of the early bird cuts,
08:11the massive 46-acre corner cut
08:14will be Tony's biggest cut to date.
08:17He needs to strip a 10-acre section of overburden
08:2210 feet deep to reach pay,
08:26and he wants it done in just seven days.
08:32So we got to strip like crazy,
08:35so that means lots of new people.
08:37Tony has a big plan.
08:39Let's jump up and learn.
08:40That's how that works here.
08:41But nearly a month on the job,
08:44some of the Greenhorns are still struggling.
08:48We're a little bit behind,
08:51so I have 10 new people.
08:53Most of them have never driven a rock truck,
08:55so we give them ample time to learn.
08:58But there is a limit to how many times
09:00you can tip the truck, right?
09:02If they don't get it, well, then they got to go.
09:07I learned more in this last month
09:09than I feel like I've known in my whole life,
09:11to be honest with you, yeah.
09:14Tony, as a boss,
09:15is the most straightforward man I've ever met.
09:18He lets you know where you lie, for sure.
09:21It can get a little crazy when Tony shows up.
09:24We usually get a lot of stuff done,
09:25so that's always good.
09:28Tony, he's a great boss.
09:30He tells you what to do,
09:31and he's pretty hands-off if you do it right.
09:34Well, you know, if you do it wrong,
09:36then you're going to hear about it.
09:38Tony is keeping a close eye on his rookie crew.
09:43I told that idiot to get that over that anyway.
09:47I said, quit with that cat truck.
10:04What in the you trying to do?
10:06Two greenhorns are driving through a waterlogged section
10:11of the cut,
10:13taking unnecessary risks
10:15with Tony's expensive rock trucks.
10:18Go back, go back.
10:21Are you a little stupid or something?
10:23No, that transports.
10:29Okay, this sit there, don't go anywhere.
10:31Do not even move.
10:37F***ing idiot.
10:42What's that f*** with that cat truck?
10:44What's that f***ing idiot?
10:46He's got to tip that f***ing thing, that idiot.
10:50Tony spots another rookie mishandling his rock truck
10:54across the cut at the dump site.
10:56Instead of somebody calling,
10:59they got to f*** around, f*** around.
11:02And then they got to twist
11:03and turn the piss out of your f***ing truck,
11:05trying to f*** it up.
11:07None of them still have a clue as to what is happening.
11:09So I'm going to go direct traffic assault.
11:19What an idiot.
11:20Back it up.
11:21Straight, straight, straight.
11:23Back it up.
11:24Back it up.
11:25Back it up.
11:26Let's go.
11:27Now you're done with me.
11:31You don't have to be nice.
11:33If you can't tell somebody's f***ing stupid,
11:35how would he know?
11:44They will wreck your equipment.
11:46There's nothing funny about it.
11:47They don't give that f***, right?
11:56So them two trucks that I told to stay there,
11:58where the f*** did they go?
12:10There was a cat truck and a Volvo truck
12:12that told to stay there.
12:13Where did you two go?
12:14Where did you two go?
12:21There are ten rock truck drivers now.
12:24We'll find out.
12:28But soon, there might be eight.
12:31We'll find out.
12:32We'll get rid of them.
12:33Believe me.
12:34There was a cat truck and a Volvo truck that told to stay there.
12:38Where did you two go?
12:39At Indian River, Tony's on the hunt for two rock truck drivers
12:42who ignored his instruction to stop and wait for him in the corner cut.
12:45The truck that I told to stay there was a cat truck and a Volvo truck that told to stay there.
12:56Where did you two go?
13:01At Indian River, Tony's on the hunt for two rock truck drivers
13:06who ignored his instruction to stop and wait for him in the corner cut.
13:11The truck that I told to stay there, where are you?
13:22I'm back in the cut now.
13:23I managed to make it up the hill and dump the load I had.
13:26So there's something wrong with you hearing?
13:28Because if you can't listen, maybe you should go home and think about it.
13:31So park the truck, get out, go to camp, we'll see you in the morning.
13:35When I say something, you should learn a lesson.
13:42Yes, sir.
13:44Where is the other guy that was behind you?
13:48I'm not sure who is behind me, sir.
13:50Well, that guy better speak up.
13:52Who the was behind him with the load that they told to stay there?
13:55There was a Volvo truck.
14:00I want to know which one it is.
14:13So there's a weasel in the crowd, huh?
14:15You're going to have a little chat out there.
14:31That woman, get over there.
14:35Get the out of the truck.
14:36You get the out of the truck.
14:40Who the was the second truck?
14:43Because when I'll find him, I'll fire the .
14:50Because if you see how that was twisting up the road down there, gentlemen,
14:53that's not how it works.
14:55When they sit in your ass, don't get thinking, OK?
14:58OK, go load the gravel, get the out of the way.
15:02I'm pretty pissed off.
15:04There's a weasel in the crowd.
15:06Just make a challenge.
15:08I'll find that .
15:09We'll fire that .
15:11And the other one can go sit in camp for the day.
15:17The second driver has gotten away with disobeying Tony.
15:22For now.
15:24Tony is driving around like madman.
15:25It scared me to death.
15:26Tony has been on a bit of a firing spree.
15:29I'm not going to say anything.
15:30The best I can do is just keep my head down and hope everything else goes OK.
15:36I hope he forgot a little bit.
15:37We have a big goal this year, 2,000 ounces.
15:44The plant looks really nice sitting up on the way site.
15:47Pretty happy with that.
15:48We have a massive pay pile, which is excellent.
15:50Second year mine boss, Kevin Beads, has banked 162 ounces of gold.
15:54For the last week and a half, he's been stockpiling pay from his newly opened pyramid cut and repairing his wash plant.
16:01We'll take our time.
16:02We're going to do it right.
16:03Do it once.
16:04And then when we get sluicing, we never have to turn the off.
16:06With Brennan gone, we're down a foreman and with Caden leaving as well.
16:07I'm now down a home and who's just a fourth.
16:08And it's a half.
16:09We've had a fine ice cream.
16:10It's a half ice cream.
16:11We'll take our time.
16:12We'll smell the shoes.
16:13It's just like a hut, a half ice cream with shoes.
16:15We'll take our time down.
16:16We'll take a look at the 14th week.
16:17We'll take our time.
16:18We'll take care of the seat.
16:19his newly opened pyramid cut and repairing his wash plan we'll take our time we're going to do
16:27it right do it once and then when we get sluicing we never have to turn off with brennan gone we're
16:33down a foreman and with caden leaving as well i'm now down a mechanic thankfully buzz has been able
16:38to take a lot of the welding related projects which has been a great help now i don't think
16:44tony would really take as much time to get sluicing as we are he'd probably ram it through as quickly
16:50as possible anyway go for a ride see what he's up there well first we have to find it we'll find them
17:01while making his rounds tony brings wife minnie to check in on their eldest son's operation
17:07i see his plant what the heck is he doing with it
17:18they jump out you have to park it before they can jump out
17:26hello uh you can see we got the plant moved yeah nice and high
17:32so you haven't been sluicing for a while huh no i've been down for about a week and a half i'd say
17:39so what you have to make money yeah you know very much very much instead of spending all your
17:49savings yeah yeah but we're getting repairs done so hopefully we won't have to fix for a good amount of
17:57time and get running next week that's no no you don't get going yep solution kevin
18:10ah we'll get going today tomorrow
18:16okay that'd be good we'll come and check out on our royalties get it rolling later
18:23i mean he's gonna make money too right everybody's got bills everybody got bills
18:35kevin always has been a bit of a perfectionist it was like that when he was young too
18:40then it's like you kind of go really dude the price of gold is high so you think you'd be on it
18:46yeah what day yeah no it's losing no money still money going out yeah
19:00lots of on the plant you think it fixed up now we got to go through this thing make sure
19:06this plant is tip top shakes get this up and running need a whole lot longer to get his wash
19:13plant running kevin has tasked expectant father buzz legoe with the repairs we're going to be leaving
19:21soon here again having a little baby girl come up so very excited you got a treasure every moment
19:30that you have with your children
19:37buzz has been able to take a lot off my plate but i know it's gonna have to head off i gotta go talk to
19:42buzzer we can get sluicing again so let's see what we can make work
19:57hey buzz hey kevin ready to go
20:03quite a bit more stuff that needs to be fixed up okay uh so tony and mini stop by
20:12but i really really do want to get sluicing asap
20:19but there's still more wrong okay yeah i would like to get sluicing as soon as you can yeah
20:29the birth of my daughter is something that i'm definitely not gonna miss
20:33well like you said you make it happen the pressure is on but you got a couple of days
20:37yeah okay thanks man best of luck
20:48i definitely want to see some gold in the box before i take off but
20:54you know things are looking a little bleak right now i'm going to get my house and gear and get this
20:59done as quick as i can freaking before i have to go but uh when it's time to go i'm going
21:12buzz is on the plant so we have a couple of days
21:15so i'm gonna have his work cut out for him
21:30we've got a lot of hurdles here and you know if this one's going to be a success
21:39it's going to be hard fought but are we going to deserve it
21:41i gave troy down payment on that i told him i'd have him another hundred houses
21:48you know i'm betting our future on this
21:53rick ness is finally on the gold with wash plant rocky churning through 120 yards of pay an hour
22:02now it's business as usual now it's like we keep that plant running like it's our job right now
22:12that's kyle's job so we're leaving him here to do it by the end of the week rick and his crew will know
22:18whether his seven hundred thousand dollar gamble on lightning creek will pay out we're not really
22:26going to know for sure what's in there it's going to be our second full day of running uh rocky here
22:46for sake that don't look good
22:49that end spray bar is not doing
22:57there's way too much water coming over the ass end of that we're losing material
23:01out the side and there could be gold in it
23:08i think the pump's just too high all right i got to walk you now we're going to go over there and check
23:15yeah that's as low as she goes i'm going to jump up there and look real quick
23:19that's as low as it goes
23:27all the water pressure's getting back up and going up to the free wash instead
23:32yeah there's one up here and nothing's even coming out of it
23:35we got to shut it down all right we're going to get the pump
23:40to shut down when we're trying to get uh 1800 ounces it's not ideal
23:46now rick won't like that right now we're not really watching anything going across that shaker deck
24:01yeah a bunch of stuck in it we're sucking in a bunch of rocks
24:05and that's blocking the water flow it's back to you know there's a lot of pressure left on it so
24:11the pressure has nowhere else to go but back up to the spray bars i mean we cannot afford this
24:16downtime we're gonna go widen out the nozzle tips a little bit
24:19that way if we get a little bit of rock it still shoots through water from the nearby creek is pumped
24:27to wash plant rocky and fed into two spray bars that wash the pay but small rocks from the creek
24:35have blocked the plant's nozzles on one side raising the water pressure in the pre-wash spray bars
24:43blasting pay out of the plant ryan's simple fix widen the shaker deck spray bar nozzles
24:51so the rocks can pass through and the gold rich pay can be cleaned properly
24:59yeah because there's some big ones in there
25:01there's our problem we got a pry bar stuck in there hey where'd that crap from yeah that's better
25:09so we're going from that to that yeah i'll get them uh clipped on we'll fire up the water but
25:18downtime kind of kicking our ass but get them fixed we'll get her fixed up all right i like it
25:25well i'll get that shaker deck and yeah i'll go ahead and get the pump fired up when you give
25:29a thumbs up great
25:46after a 30-minute shutdown rick's crew are back on the goal
25:51now that we got those rocks cleared out of those uh spray bars the water pressure seems it's nice and
26:00even now looks better it's running better luckily it was uh it wasn't for that long
26:07success yeah no uh the water looks a lot better it's not blasting over the backside anymore
26:13i don't want to shut down again rick don't want to shut down again
26:29we're moving a lot of dirt we're moving more dirt than we ever have before
26:33we gotta stay ahead stripping wise
26:44at indian river tony is pushing foreman cousin mike and his crew to open up a 10 acre section of the
26:52corner cut by the corner cut by the end of the week
27:00they don't really have the corner cut ready so i got driving around there this morning
27:06we gotta keep an eye on these truck drivers
27:11there's a weasel in the crowd oh we'll find that i'll get rid of him believe me
27:15tony's watching his crew like a hawk after a rock truck driver disobeyed him earlier in the week
27:27people come here and say they can do things and boy they they must think you're stupid
27:33you gotta get rid of them because they cost you money if i don't light the fire on the people
27:40then it's gonna get only worse and worse and worse next thing you know that is happening
27:50hurry the up okay who's in that rock truck
28:00i was not paying attention sometimes i say oh yeah yeah yeah i know exactly
28:05i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know
28:14i was out very late last night drinking so
28:19that's 48 hours now without sleep
28:25oh i went the wrong way i went the wrong way too
28:27what the are you doing
28:37where's this truck going
28:42me everything up
28:44you having troubles
28:56no answer
29:00is this guy trying to talk to me
29:01is this guy trying to talk to me
29:07ah ah
29:08thanks for
29:11seeing a couple weird behaviors from him
29:16oh i think he's drinking on the job
29:21i'm pretty sure jared's face at work
29:23he can't be having that around yet he's going to hurt himself or hurt somebody else
29:39i don't know what's going on with jared but i think he's drunk or something
29:57you can go home
30:07i don't have no idea where the hell i'm going right now
30:13there he is
30:20jared
30:23you drunk or something
30:24look at me
30:27you drunk
30:30i don't think you're fine here stop the truck stop the truck
30:34yeah stop it park it get out
30:38you in the truck
30:42in the truck
30:46jared you drunk
30:49hey look at me
30:54you're drunk you're being goofy all day
31:00hey look at me
31:05you can't even look at me straight
31:07you're driving like an idiot haunting like
31:09you're not right in the head you smell like alcohol too
31:12i'll uh
31:14i'll uh get to the camp
31:18drop your
31:21at indian river beats foreman cousin mike has pulled rock truck driver jared off the job
31:28i think this guy is drunk
31:30you're going to be a lippy with me because then you're going to guarantee
31:40i don't give a
31:42can i be honest with you yeah i drank too much last night
31:46okay
31:47will you give me another shot
31:50you can go let me sleep this off
31:53or am i fired
31:55oh i just gotta see because i think you're drunk right now
32:03take your bag
32:04okay
32:10tony do you copy
32:15i have someone here i think he's drunk
32:19get it smell the alcohol here
32:21it's not back okay okay okay you stay here
32:28through yours
32:28i agree to leave i agree to leave
32:31you're drunk yeah you have been drinking so you were lying too
32:35you're drunk and lying i told you i told you i said no
32:38you told me you were hungover from last night
32:40i was hungover from last night but i didn't stop drinking i would not been able to make it work
32:46anyway take me back to dawson city that's fine no no no no that's not how it works you don't make
32:50the call so you up while you get fired you get 30 minutes to get out of here
32:55you're trying to work with me being drunk you're running a piece of heavy equipment people around
33:01and you're being drunk sorry like give your head a shake i don't know how old you are
33:06we'll go to your room just have a nap and no 30 minutes you're out
33:11that one out yeah 30 minutes idiot i forget if i've seen that drive doing funny so get the
33:19out don't get drunk get out
33:29i really don't give a
33:31for them up get rid of it
33:37you know they're pretty happy nothing serious happened i mean these people drink they sit in the
33:41truck i'll just fire them and there's always very grateful happy that nobody got hurt and nothing
33:47happens because you can always get another rock truck or what they will kill somebody that's far
33:53from funny when people get hurt or worse so when you have one of that you're just happy you cut it in
33:59time and get rid of it
34:01i really really do want to get sluicing asap the pressure is on to try and get as much as possible
34:15to this year as fast as possible perfectionist kevin beats is under pressure from his landlord
34:22parents tony and minnie to get sluicing and deliver their royalties
34:27with the plant there's a lot of just maintenance that we need to do
34:32it doesn't have a whole list that we just need to do so it doesn't become big off projects
34:42it's time to get the done buzz is trying to complete kevin's maintenance repairs
34:49every once you get this plant all chipped off shape here before i leave
35:02i'll get that crack all sealed up but uh that there's the last piece of the puzzle
35:11hey man it's all fixed up now it gets this plant put back together and get it back in action
35:19that's ready to rumble yeah all righty the loader's on the way it's been a couple weeks
35:31since we had gold coming in be nice and start paying bills that would be nice yes yes
35:37hey buzz hey guys hey there she goes oh there you go it's all freaking ready
35:43oh gary's here well let's get her fired up let's do it kevin is finally ready to start running
35:51his stockpile of pyramid cut pay dirt beauty all right now on switches first things first discharge
36:07bear bear on there we go screen deck
36:21we are shaking
36:25okay everybody's ready
36:33first bucket is on his way
36:38first bucket is
36:53there we go there's a pickup
36:54there's a pile of dirt
37:07there's a pile of dirt left in the pre-wash from the when we shut down that is forming a pile so
37:24it's not able to flow can i get you to bring me one of those long shovels
37:28failure to clean out the pre-wash has left concrete like dirt that can't be broken down
37:36by the spray bars creating a blockage and causing the new pay to pile up so
37:43we should fix this for good we have to shut down to clean out the pre-wash and have somebody in here for the shovel cleaning out the rocks
37:52but we need to get solution again so we just need to do tony's
37:58uh it run it mentality fighting his perfectionist need to shut down kevin's opting for a temporary fix
38:07so rather than pile this thread up 60 feet i have to shovel it
38:15so let me go turn up the pump please can you get it up to 1600 please
38:26okay one six coming up we're getting it just a few minor adjustments
38:36there we go
38:37get this at least moving
38:48ah that's looking way better perfect
38:53okay now we can turn on the feeder but set it at three please
38:55kevin's efforts clear the blockage
39:11well good to be sleuzen guys well looks good buzz i think you did a good job getting it ready to run
39:17oh thanks man i appreciate that no i just do my best that's all we can do yeah looking good
39:25oh
39:29kevin's baby's going so that's a good thing i just uh hope everything goes a lot smoother with my baby
39:36than it did here all the repairs seem to be holding so yeah it looks good
39:43ah gotta rip
39:48so i am well aware of this tendency i like to get everything just right
39:55i guess tony's right i've had to learn to be good enough is good enough you know what i mean
40:01instead of just it has to be right
40:03it's the first map of the season moment of truth we'll pull the mats and i'm gonna actually
40:20finally see two diamond cuts got any gold what's going on uh first clean up i figured it's your
40:25first time so i might as well jump in the rock truck give you a chance to get over there kind
40:29of see what it's like all right
40:30is it everything you imagined guys glamour and more these cleanups are on my shoulders you know
40:40i mean i'm always worried about letting them down it's one of the nice things about having a small
40:43crew it makes me feel like we're we're all in it together in my eyes the absolute perfect team
40:49you guys are the real gold do you hear that guy you're the real gold who you well i'm the real
40:56guys you guys are the real gold out here for me oh don't break my new expensive buckets
41:03are we buying buckets we got that bucket money now
41:14it's looking pretty good water's doing what it's supposed to and just nice and consistent
41:25i'm pretty happy that we got the plant going it takes a lot of stress off my mind it has a
41:31whole different kind but at least this stress makes money so it is a step in the right direction
41:38kevin's wash plant is up and running
41:41that's it all packed up ready to go but he's losing another valuable crew member
41:57hey buzz how's it going not too bad that's too bad so yeah it must be about time for you to get
42:01going eh the little one's real close coming now so it's countdown's on eh yep the real one yeah i just
42:09want to say thanks buzz for all you've done no it's been pretty cool man pretty good no i appreciate
42:13the opportunity definitely i think it's worked out honestly so we have a little bit of luck on our
42:19side found a bit of gold when we fired up and it runs that's awesome right yeah you're coming back
42:26after i assume right yes sir safe travels thanks man and best of luck hope it all goes smooth for you
42:39all right hi guys so another gold way no we're just here to see you because we missed you so much
42:53dad good good good mike how is it on the in the indian you just went in the corner cut here that'll be a
43:00youth cut so now you stole my people and you've been hiring a lot how's it going with all them well uh mike
43:07and me would certainly appreciate it if you were to train them a little bit though
43:13because them driving all over the place doesn't seem to matter if it's dry or wet they're everywhere
43:18we got some characters in the crowd but you gotta go through them yeah we had one driving around drunk
43:24so that is what what and then you got a drunk idiot driving walking around and it's just people more so
43:30than anything else because they hurt other people right yeah and it won't bother them because they're in a
43:34wrong truck yeah that's scary it is yeah you gotta go that's serious stuff hey monica how's things
43:41going in the gold room good keeping busy please mike you'll count because i can't see so far the early
43:50bird cut has produced a weekly average of 250 ounces of gold are you ready michael
43:5960 70 100 110 120 130 450 60 70 190 200 220 330 40 350 70 80 90 300 310 320 330 340 350 360
44:254 467.8 467.8 467.8
44:41sluice a lot's record-breaking weekly haul is worth over one and a half million dollars that's doing pretty
44:49damn good it's a pretty good hobby yeah yeah it's it's you we have to take a holiday okay where are we
44:57going i'll book it right now oh i'll go make some more how's that
45:03the nest crew are waiting for their first gold way of the season to see if rick's diamond cut will pay
45:32out this is a weird one it's starting on new ground again yeah yeah we can't come on new ground and
45:37expect to hit rally valley vegas valley kind of i mean i know it's going to be a learning deal but
45:41yeah it's definitely it's still a risk speaking of that so grab the gold and weigh it up let's see it
45:49to be successful rick's crew need one ounce per hundred yards so at least 40 ounces of gold
45:57four days around 100 yards an hour do you want to uh count the numbers sure first one we got it let's go
46:10one two three four five six seven point three five worth just twenty five thousand dollars
46:23so that's a big waste of time is what that is that's that's terrible man yep
46:32yes that's uh not even quite two ounces a day that's a big waste of time right there yeah does
46:37that even pay for no not even it doesn't even i didn't think so it doesn't even start the list
46:43of things that it has to pay for i can't afford to be up here and not bring anything home you know
46:47part of me is yeah that's that's some new ground but the other parts like dude i hope you can figure
46:52it out because if you go broke i go broke it hasn't happened yet i don't intend it to happen this
46:57year um but yeah i mean right now it's yeah i'm wondering did i make the right decision you know
47:08we've got over 100 claims on this bunch here so you know that's that was obviously the wrong
47:13spot to start but we can move on from that first goldway we're done yeah let's go home
47:18lighting creek was definitely a gamble seven ounces that's uh it's not going to pay my bills nor his
47:26bill so hopefully uh rick find a new spot that will be the answer so unfortunately the diamond cut
47:35that's a fail we'll see what happens next we just got to find the gold because the the diamond cut did
47:40not have it we're running out of time to get 100 ounces to try so we got to be ready to pivot we got to go up
47:46up the valley we got to look for better gold
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