Gold Rush- Alaska - Season 16 Episode 01- Records Will Be Broken
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00:00:00Market volatility.
00:00:02Gold stands out.
00:00:04Gold just hit a new record, $3,500 an ounce.
00:00:07And the price of gold has been climbing.
00:00:09This is somewhere that economists believe
00:00:11will continue to be a safe haven.
00:00:13It is more... Tony.
00:00:18Hey, Parker. How's it going, man?
00:00:19Good. How are you?
00:00:21Well, I'm just hanging in there.
00:00:23Yeah? You got some of that tiny, shiny coming in?
00:00:26Yes.
00:00:27Good.
00:00:28It has all the makings of a good season, Parker.
00:00:31Hey.
00:00:32Gold price.
00:00:33Yeah.
00:00:34I don't even like to talk about it or look at it.
00:00:36Me neither, because it should be illegal.
00:00:38That's how high it is, isn't it?
00:00:39Well, then it, like, goes down $300.
00:00:41And I'm like, what's happening?
00:00:42And it's like, oh, it's still up $1,000.
00:00:44Yes.
00:00:45If you want to beef up your piggy bank,
00:00:47well, that'll be the year.
00:00:49Whether I want to say the number or not,
00:00:51because I keep saying it and not hitting it,
00:00:53but, um, no, we're going to have to start doing $10,000 a year
00:00:56for a while now.
00:00:58That's a lot of bucks.
00:00:59You better get with it.
00:01:00Bring it on.
00:01:02You're going big.
00:01:03What do you need to do?
00:01:05Six, six and a half.
00:01:07If we do more, we do more.
00:01:08Yeah.
00:01:09Anyway, that's all the makings of a good year,
00:01:11as long as the price stays there.
00:01:13Yeah, no, it's good to see you.
00:01:15I'm glad you're doing well.
00:01:17Same to you.
00:01:18Hopefully the wars are behind us.
00:01:20Right.
00:01:26Bye.
00:01:27Bye.
00:01:31Tony and I have known each other for, you know, 14 years.
00:01:34That's wild.
00:01:36Like 99% of the time, it's great.
00:01:40That 1% absolutely sucks,
00:01:42and he's like one of the biggest on the planet.
00:01:44But 99% of the time, it's just wonderful.
00:01:49Maybe 95%.
00:01:5516 years ago.
00:01:57Three-fifths of an ounce, which is about $800.
00:02:01A global financial crash caused gold prices to rocket.
00:02:07It's just gold fever.
00:02:09$1,000 an ounce.
00:02:11I'm going to hit you in it.
00:02:13Sparking.
00:02:14Let's find it up.
00:02:15A modern-day gold rush.
00:02:17It's alive.
00:02:18Watch the rocks, baby.
00:02:19But striking it rich proved harder than imagined.
00:02:23That's it.
00:02:24We're done.
00:02:25Now, breaking news on Wall Street with stocks tumbling.
00:02:30Gold and safe havens, they are surging.
00:02:33Gold prices have more than tripled to an all-time high.
00:02:38$3,500 per ounce.
00:02:41We're going gold mining, boys.
00:02:43Hang on!
00:02:46With just six months to cash in.
00:02:50Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:02:51Are we here for a shootout?
00:02:55Top dogs.
00:02:56I don't ask questions.
00:02:57I give orders.
00:02:58Are you going to behave?
00:02:59And underdogs.
00:03:01I'm just a delivery boy.
00:03:02I don't really give a .
00:03:03I just want to get paid.
00:03:04Collide.
00:03:05Alive.
00:03:06I got a job offer from Parker.
00:03:09Look out!
00:03:10And played dirty.
00:03:12Can I trust you on this?
00:03:13Uh, yeah.
00:03:15To hit the jackpot.
00:03:17Holy smokes.
00:03:20That's a hell of a pant.
00:03:21We joke about it being an addiction, but it literally is.
00:03:24Some.
00:03:25You made a mess.
00:03:27Will not survive.
00:03:28Pick me out, somebody to fire.
00:03:30Get rid of it.
00:03:31It sucks, man.
00:03:32It really sucks.
00:03:34Others.
00:03:37Soar to new heights.
00:03:39You guys are killing it.
00:03:42There's nothing like making money off your kid's system.
00:03:45And set records.
00:03:47I was not expecting that.
00:03:49They're the amazing .
00:03:50Yeah.
00:03:522,043 and a half ounces.
00:03:56That's wild.
00:03:57You get a pan.
00:03:58You get a pan.
00:03:59You get a pan.
00:04:00Genuinely, that's insane.
00:04:02The Yukon.
00:04:22North America's last frontier.
00:04:28For over a century,
00:04:29prospectors have scoured these valleys and creeks
00:04:32for life-changing gold.
00:04:36With just a few summer months to make their fortunes.
00:04:41The stars are aligned for us.
00:04:44Gold price is crazy.
00:04:45We've got a ton of ground prepped on Dominion,
00:04:48and we're going to be able to stretch our legs
00:04:51and really run and see what it's made out of.
00:04:54This is the year that we'll find out.
00:04:5630-year-old Parker Schnabel is on the precipice
00:04:59of a career-defining season.
00:05:02The gold mining prodigy, who started out with a crew of two,
00:05:06is now a mining mogul with 60 machines and a 40-person crew.
00:05:11We've got amazing people.
00:05:12And then we have, like, this crazy gold price.
00:05:14And we're dangerously close to things being really good.
00:05:16I just want to go to work.
00:05:17I just want to wash rocks.
00:05:18And, you know, get sluicy-goosey for the tiny-shiny.
00:05:20That's all I want to do.
00:05:21I did not.
00:05:22I have not told you how to do your job one time this whole year.
00:05:24Just 16 years old when he first became a mine boss.
00:05:28I'm pretty young.
00:05:29And it's tough to, you know, I never know if I'm doing the right thing or not.
00:05:31Parker struggled.
00:05:32I'm spending the money here, and I make the calls.
00:05:35To manage his crew.
00:05:36If you can't handle it, you can't handle it.
00:05:39I'm going to go to work.
00:05:41And, you know, get sluicy-goosey for the tiny-shiny.
00:05:44That's all I want to do.
00:05:45I did not.
00:05:46I have not told you how to do your job one time this whole year.
00:05:49Just 16 years old when he first became a mine boss.
00:05:52I'm pretty young.
00:05:53And it's tough to, you know, I never know if I'm doing the right thing or not.
00:05:57Parker struggled.
00:05:58I'm spending the money here, and I make the calls.
00:06:01If you can't handle it, then maybe this isn't the place for you.
00:06:05You are making an enemy out of me.
00:06:07But as the young miner grew.
00:06:10In gold mining, you're only as good as the people you have.
00:06:13He evolved.
00:06:17Oh, yeah.
00:06:18Look at that.
00:06:19Our season starts now.
00:06:21I'll stand behind him any day of the week.
00:06:23With a vision that spawned a gold mining empire.
00:06:27Wow.
00:06:28That's the biggest clean-out we've ever had.
00:06:30And delivered more than $115 million in gold.
00:06:36This does not stop here.
00:06:41I'm losing faith in you guys.
00:06:43But last season.
00:06:46It's been one fight after the next.
00:06:48We're not making money when we're doing it like this.
00:06:51It's frustrating.
00:06:52I know what we were doing was wrong.
00:06:54Parker crashed and burned.
00:06:57Worst clean-up ever.
00:07:02I don't like this feeling.
00:07:04I don't like being a loser.
00:07:06We came up short and it's not going to happen again.
00:07:12This winter I have spent all the money I can get my hands on.
00:07:16Buying equipment and hiring people.
00:07:19It's a challenge.
00:07:21This is kind of uncharted territory for me.
00:07:23So much s*** going on.
00:07:24We just have to hammer down, focus on washing rocks, fill in jars, and everybody's going to have to step up.
00:07:3640 miles southeast of Dawson City lies Parker's Kingdom, an area nearly the size of Manhattan.
00:07:47His main operation is Dominion Creek, land he's bought where he'll run three wash plants to deliver the bulk of his gold.
00:07:5525 miles northwest, he'll send a satellite crew to Sulfur Creek to hunt for pockets of gold left behind by the old timers.
00:08:07Running the enormous operation will cost Parker $100,000 each day.
00:08:15But if he's successful, he could bring in more than $35 million in gold this year.
00:08:22What's happening, man?
00:08:26How are you guys?
00:08:27Yo, yo.
00:08:28Doing good, how are you?
00:08:29Not too bad.
00:08:31Welcome to my map room.
00:08:33Very nice.
00:08:35Swear it all happens, eh?
00:08:37How was your winter?
00:08:38It was good.
00:08:40I was a bum for the most part.
00:08:45To execute his master plan, Parker's counting on his trusted lieutenants, Mitch Blaschke and Tyson Lee.
00:08:53We're gonna do 10,000 ounces this year.
00:08:59Like, we keep talking about it, but we actually have to just do it.
00:09:03So, we're gonna run four plants this year.
00:09:07Wow.
00:09:09Trying to run four wash plants, it's like, we were all over the place last year trying to cover our bases and like, we're gonna be spread out.
00:09:17You know how it is when that happens.
00:09:19Yeah.
00:09:20I know, I know that there's gonna be a lot of challenges.
00:09:22I'm, I'm not, I don't disagree with you.
00:09:26Tyson, I need you on Dominion, running the whole operation.
00:09:30Right.
00:09:33So, good luck.
00:09:35Thanks.
00:09:36I'll need it.
00:09:38I don't know what's gonna come out of sulfur, and it's gonna be a difficult project, so I need you to go over there, Mitch, and get that sorted out first.
00:09:45We only have a partial season on the water license, so we need to get it done in a hurry.
00:09:52All right.
00:09:53Parker's sulfur water license, a permit to pull water from creeks to wash gold, expires in just 10 weeks.
00:10:01After that, he can't mind the claim.
00:10:05What kind of crew do we have to get this done?
00:10:08We've hired a bunch of new people.
00:10:11Okay.
00:10:13One big thing is people who can't do their job, we need to fire.
00:10:17We want to have the best of the best.
00:10:19But you guys are the ones that are gonna be able to make this happen or not.
00:10:23It's brutal, right?
00:10:24It's gonna be a stressful year for you two.
00:10:32Yeah.
00:10:35I know it's a bit of a daunting task, but, like, I'm excited.
00:10:38It'll be exhausting.
00:10:39Yeah.
00:10:40No days off.
00:10:41You just had six months off.
00:10:43Yeah.
00:10:47Thanks for coming back.
00:10:48Yeah.
00:10:49I appreciate having you guys here.
00:10:51I'm looking forward to this season.
00:10:52Yeah, for sure.
00:10:53Thanks, man.
00:10:54There's a lot of work to do.
00:10:58There's a lot of gold to find.
00:11:00Now it's up to Mitch and Tyson to get the job done.
00:11:05Hopefully.
00:11:09The job will get done.
00:11:10Hopefully it's the two of them that does it, is what I mean.
00:11:17Things are already starting off a little bit different here.
00:11:20Parker made it very clear that, you know, everybody's got to pull their weight,
00:11:23and then some.
00:11:24We got no room for air.
00:11:26Last year, Mitch was in charge.
00:11:29This year, it's gonna be on my shoulders.
00:11:32Last year, I was managing one wash plant.
00:11:34This year, gonna be managing three.
00:11:37So, no cups.
00:11:38We've got to find a ton of gold.
00:11:40Tyson's first mission is to start pulling in gold on Dominion's bridge cut.
00:11:52The crew has spent two years mining this spot with mixed results.
00:11:57Now, Parker's season rides on it, delivering big.
00:12:03But there's a problem.
00:12:05Over winter, water flooded the cut.
00:12:08And the gold-bearing pay dirt is buried under three feet of solid ice.
00:12:14I'm in the 250.
00:12:15Got Michael in the 390.
00:12:16Coming to work for Parker, it's kind of the dream come true.
00:12:19I like the way he runs his outfit.
00:12:20His gear's really nice.
00:12:21I'm in the 250.
00:12:22Got Michael in the 390.
00:12:26Coming to work for Parker, it's kind of the dream come true.
00:12:44I like the way he runs his outfit.
00:12:46His gear's really nice.
00:12:52We got Amy here.
00:12:53First truckload ice heading out of the cut.
00:12:55First of many.
00:12:57This is my first time driving a rock truck.
00:13:02Before they can get to pay dirt, Tyson's crew needs to shift over 25,000 tons of ice.
00:13:14I think realistically, how the hell are we going to do all this in a week?
00:13:26Right now, I'd like to be setting up the wash plant and firing it up today.
00:13:30But we're a long ways away from that.
00:13:41How are things going?
00:13:43Well, man, the ice is a lot thicker than we thought, eh?
00:13:46Yeah, there's a lot of ice in here.
00:13:48And it's really rotten.
00:13:50Mm-hmm.
00:13:51So what's your plan?
00:13:52Just keep building piles, trucking off this ice.
00:13:56Right.
00:13:58Okay.
00:13:59We have extra trucks in the yard, no?
00:14:02You got any more people?
00:14:04Any more iron you can give us?
00:14:06I don't know.
00:14:07Okay.
00:14:08Thanks, dude.
00:14:09No worries.
00:14:10See ya.
00:14:11If by the end of the week, I don't have the ice out of this cut from the wash plant going, we'll have failed my first task first week of the season.
00:14:26Parker just wants the ice out and the wash plant going, the long and short of it.
00:14:43I don't really want to spend money trucking ice, but we really don't have much of an alternative, so we're just going to have to suck it up.
00:14:58We need to get sleuthing.
00:15:00That's going to be what makes or breaks the season.
00:15:03Yeah, here we go.
00:15:28I can't believe we're sleuthing as early as we are.
00:15:31We started the season early, but we want to keep that up.
00:15:36Everybody's in their eyes.
00:15:38Ten miles south at Indian River, King of the Clondon, Tony Beetz, is already two weeks ahead of his rivals.
00:15:47We're giving a , and the gold prize is in our favor.
00:15:50We were losing days for two weeks.
00:15:53We got the early bird cut.
00:15:55It was all top ground, so that was awesome.
00:15:57Tony's hoping for a quick score from the 13-acre early bird cut.
00:16:02If the gold price stays where it is, and we lose most of the summer like we did last year, then,
00:16:09me, you're going to make enough money to set up three generations.
00:16:14When there's opportunities there, grab it.
00:16:18Forty years ago, Tony and wife Minnie left the Netherlands to seek their fortune in the Yukon.
00:16:26All we have was 300 bucks.
00:16:28I work 14 hours a day, every day.
00:16:31From nothing, Tony grew a $60 million mining dynasty.
00:16:37I'm trying to build a future for my kids.
00:16:40They've got to take over.
00:16:41They're going to have to run the circus all by themselves.
00:16:49Piece of .
00:16:50I've never, ever, never, ever had that much horse here before.
00:16:55Until two years ago.
00:16:57There's six, seven million in the hole.
00:16:59When the business descended into chaos.
00:17:02Have I ever seen the up? Then I'm looking at it.
00:17:04His family fractured.
00:17:06He's running it into the ground.
00:17:09He told me this cut was going to be mine.
00:17:12Oh, really?
00:17:13Yeah.
00:17:15Feeling a little shafted.
00:17:17I shot down a plant.
00:17:20You just quit.
00:17:21You got to be kidding me.
00:17:23Every time.
00:17:27I'll tell you one thing.
00:17:28I won't give up that easy.
00:17:31But the Klondike King pulled his family together.
00:17:35Our kids are really stepping up this year.
00:17:38Keeping son Mike and daughter Monica working for him.
00:17:42I appreciate everything you're doing to help me.
00:17:44Anything for family, Monica.
00:17:45But giving eldest son Kevin the chance to set up his own operation.
00:17:50How's that sound to you?
00:17:51That sounds very, very nice.
00:17:54By the end of last season.
00:17:55The more you make, the better we like you make.
00:17:58The Beats had reeled in a record 5,777 ounces.
00:18:04Worth $14.4 million.
00:18:09That sure is a hell of a lot better than last year.
00:18:11It is not a time to sit back and enjoy.
00:18:17It is a time to get your sh** together and get out there in the morning and make things happen.
00:18:23You owe that to the next generation.
00:18:25People can have money.
00:18:27People can have a lot of things.
00:18:29But kids and grandkids, there's something that if you don't have that, you don't have very much.
00:18:34Tony believes his claims could deliver a jaw-dropping 6,500 ounces this season.
00:18:45Worth more than $22 million.
00:18:48Hey guys.
00:18:50Hello there.
00:18:51How's she looking?
00:18:52Well, she's...
00:18:53Yellow.
00:18:54Got yellow stuff.
00:18:56Good thing we started early, Mike, huh?
00:18:57Yeah.
00:18:58When the sun is shining, you're better ready to make some hay.
00:19:01Yeah.
00:19:02Right?
00:19:03Especially at this price.
00:19:04There you go.
00:19:05Is Tony already sluicing?
00:19:08He's the first to weigh out his gold.
00:19:11I can always get more gold.
00:19:13I cannot always get this price.
00:19:16So let's wait and have a look at it.
00:19:19All right.
00:19:20Ready, set, go.
00:19:27Let's wait and have a look at it.
00:19:28At Indian River, Tony Beetz is gambling on an early season score to cash in on record-high gold prices.
00:19:37There.
00:19:38Ready, set.
00:19:39Let's go.
00:19:40He's already sluiced nearly half of the early bird cut.
00:19:4450, 60, 70.
00:19:46Which he's counting on to deliver at least 300 ounces.
00:19:5190, 260, 290, 300.
00:19:56Wow.
00:19:58360, 390, 417 and 56.
00:20:06Ain't that a beaut?
00:20:08That's pretty amazing.
00:20:10In just two weeks, the Beetz have pulled in one and a half million dollars.
00:20:16I'd say it's a record for us.
00:20:18That justifies as to what the we're doing.
00:20:20That's a lot of money right there.
00:20:23If we can keep this up, we go.
00:20:26So, how have you planned out this summer?
00:20:30Mike, you're going to be on the hill as usual.
00:20:33Monica, it would be nice if you could oversee in the gold room cleaning the gold.
00:20:38Sounds good to me.
00:20:39But I was thinking, you gave Kevin a bunch of help getting him going.
00:20:44So is there anything you're going to help us with?
00:20:46There is some opportunities out there.
00:20:47Let's get these two places here going first and then we'll talk.
00:20:52Not making any promises until I have that in place.
00:20:55Right?
00:20:56I'm okay with that.
00:20:57You?
00:20:58There you go.
00:20:59So all hands on deck.
00:21:00We gotta go.
00:21:02I'm very interested to see what Tony was talking about in terms of other opportunities.
00:21:15I think it's really cool that Kevin has gone out on his own, but Michael's been out here since he was 12.
00:21:25Mike's really chomping the bit to do more things.
00:21:29Big picture goals.
00:21:30I would like my own mind, but right now it's not a priority.
00:21:33I have a bunch of other I have to get done.
00:21:35We'll see.
00:21:37Mike and Monica, they'll be acting about getting started for themselves.
00:21:42But right now we're busy other places, so they're just going to have to hang in there for a little bit.
00:21:48Anyway, I never had that much gold that early.
00:21:51A great start to the season.
00:21:58One hundred miles away, in Keno, Rick Ness...
00:22:15Yeah, that's a big pile of dirt.
00:22:17...is sitting on a pile of gold at his Duncan Creek claim.
00:22:22I would say there's probably pretty damn close to 400 ounces sitting there, and right now that's worth over a million dollars.
00:22:29And it's ready to go. Our plant's sitting right there.
00:22:33The bad news is, is we still don't have a water license, and we can't touch this.
00:22:38It blows my mind.
00:22:40Rick's water license, essential to mining, still hasn't come through.
00:22:46Until he gets it, he can't mine Duncan Creek.
00:22:50I almost don't even know if I should do this.
00:22:54I'm thinking it would make me...
00:22:56I'm thinking it would satisfy me.
00:22:57I'm thinking it would probably just make me more mad.
00:23:08Oh, .
00:23:09That's outrageous amount of gold in one pan.
00:23:11I don't even know what the emotion is right now.
00:23:14Normally I see a pan like that, and I hit the f***ing roof.
00:23:18This is, uh...
00:23:20That's unbelievable.
00:23:23And we can't touch it.
00:23:31Hit the bot patch!
00:23:34Rick Ness...
00:23:35I expected growing pains, but this is f***ing outrageous.
00:23:37...is a fighter...
00:23:40Booyah!
00:23:41...with a small crew of buddies...
00:23:44...paying them out each season from his haul.
00:23:48Here's one of those for each of you guys.
00:23:50You guys earned it.
00:23:51...a miner for 13 years.
00:23:53What?
00:23:54I know.
00:23:55He's had highs...
00:23:56That's like an ounce right there.
00:23:57F*** them! F*** everybody! F*** yourselves!
00:23:59...and lows.
00:24:01No! No, no, no!
00:24:03I don't know what else to do right now.
00:24:05It's getting out of control.
00:24:06...always on the brink of losing it all.
00:24:09That's one last farewell kick in the balls.
00:24:13But last season...
00:24:14This is it.
00:24:15Now this is all mine.
00:24:17...he bought his own ground.
00:24:19Let's go!
00:24:20Vegas Valley, here we go.
00:24:22Woo!
00:24:23Yeah!
00:24:24...hit the jackpot...
00:24:25...and reeled in $4.5 million in gold.
00:24:29That's it.
00:24:30I did it.
00:24:31I've got some bad news.
00:24:33...only to be gut-punched.
00:24:35We've got a big problem with the water license being approved.
00:24:39And I can't guarantee you'll have the license next year.
00:24:43Without the water license, you can't mind.
00:24:50Now, Rick must find a way to pull a rabbit out of the hat again.
00:25:00What's up, dudes?
00:25:01How about you?
00:25:02Nice crutches.
00:25:03Yeah, you like Jose?
00:25:05Good start.
00:25:06With nowhere to mind, only half Rick's crew has made it back for now.
00:25:12Well, you guys have seen it all.
00:25:15You've seen the good.
00:25:16You've seen the bad.
00:25:17You've seen the opportunity.
00:25:19You've seen the setbacks.
00:25:21It's a mess right now.
00:25:24It's not just us.
00:25:25I mean, there's a lot of people getting screwed.
00:25:27There's no one shutting the door right now saying that, you know, your water license is never coming in.
00:25:31It's just tied up.
00:25:35So what are we doing here with no water license?
00:25:37It's not the only pile of gold out here, and that's why you're here.
00:25:40We just have to find another one.
00:25:43But it's not going to be on this ground.
00:25:48And you know what?
00:25:49Gold prices are $1,000 more an ounce than when we left here last year.
00:25:53I mean, that's insanity.
00:25:55This is not the year to quit.
00:25:56No.
00:25:58We need 1,800 ounces this year.
00:26:02Yeah, I know that things seem down, but you know what?
00:26:05We are here, and I am going to find us a spot.
00:26:07At the end of the day, that's what we're going to do.
00:26:10But if this water license comes through at any point this summer, you bet your ass I want to move us back here.
00:26:15I mean, you haven't let us down yet.
00:26:18All right.
00:26:19All right.
00:26:20Hopefully, Rick understands what he's doing here, and hopefully, like, wherever we're going, it's going to be good.
00:26:28I want to start moving some dirt.
00:26:30These guys have stuck with me through a lot, and glad to see they're sticking with me through this.
00:26:34We will find a place to mine, and we're going to make it work.
00:26:36Okay.
00:26:38Uh, Chelsea, you ready?
00:26:40Ready.
00:26:42Gaden, you ready?
00:26:43Yep.
00:26:44Ready.
00:26:45All right, then, folks.
00:26:46Screen Rack is turning on.
00:26:47First time for the season.
00:26:48Let's go.
00:26:49Okay, Chelsea, you ready?
00:26:51I'm ready.
00:26:53Caden, you ready?
00:26:55Yep, ready.
00:26:56All right, then, folks, Screen Rec is turning on first time for the season.
00:26:59Let's go.
00:27:10First scoop of pay going in for the season.
00:27:16Beauty!
00:27:1720-25, here comes the goal.
00:27:22At Scribner Creek, just like his father, Tony,
00:27:26second-year mine boss Kevin Beetz is ahead of the pack.
00:27:30Feels really good to sluice this early, especially after last year.
00:27:35It's nice to see it running.
00:27:41So you want to look at some iron, do you?
00:27:43Can we have this one?
00:27:44Last season, with a little help from Dad...
00:27:48Three, two, one.
00:27:51Woo!
00:27:52Yeah!
00:27:53Kevin plunged his life savings into his own operation.
00:27:57This is a big gamble, so me and Faith have to make this work.
00:28:01That's looking really nice, Kev.
00:28:03So excited, bud.
00:28:04Overall, I think it's a pretty good f***ing day.
00:28:07But almost from the get-go...
00:28:09I'm trying to help you here, and you're talking over me.
00:28:12...tempers flared.
00:28:14You can stop being a f***er.
00:28:16It's not fun to work with.
00:28:18...until foreman Brennan Ruo took control of the crew.
00:28:22You don't want to f***ing hear it?
00:28:24I want this to be squashed.
00:28:25I just f***ing help.
00:28:27And the cuts.
00:28:30Yes, finally!
00:28:32Much f***ing better.
00:28:34So nice work.
00:28:35Keep it going.
00:28:36Helping them score.
00:28:38That's a big old.
00:28:39That's f***ing beautiful.
00:28:41A big payday.
00:28:43Yay, money!
00:28:44It's nice to be in the upswing, honestly.
00:28:46We made the right call of getting away from Tony's.
00:28:52I'm feeling really good about this year.
00:28:54I think we're off to a strong start.
00:28:57Which is good, because we have a big goal this year, 2,000 ounces.
00:29:02I figure we may as well go double what we did last year, aim big.
00:29:05And with gold prices being as high as they are,
00:29:07if there's any time to have a good, big year for gold totals,
00:29:11it is this f***ing year.
00:29:13Kevin's mission this year is to double his gold target
00:29:16and cement his place as a mine boss in his own right.
00:29:21So our mining plan, we left ourselves a P-bank last year.
00:29:25That way we have money coming in from day one.
00:29:31So day one's loosing.
00:29:34This is going to hopefully continue on well.
00:29:38Last year, I was pretty frustrated out here
00:29:41with how much we're shutting down.
00:29:44But Brennan, he knows what he's doing.
00:29:48It's nice having Caden back.
00:29:50It's always good to have returners who know how things run
00:29:53and, you know, you can rely on them.
00:29:56And Brennan should be showing up soon.
00:30:01Oh, it feels good to be back in the Yukon.
00:30:04This feels like my second home.
00:30:06Howdy, stranger.
00:30:17How's it going, guys?
00:30:17Not too f***ing, man.
00:30:19Very good.
00:30:19We're wondering where the f***er at.
00:30:21Nice to see you, pal.
00:30:25So, what's up?
00:30:26We're starting to wonder.
00:30:27We haven't heard from you in a bit.
00:30:28So, yeah, um, um, I ended up getting a phone call there
00:30:37that I wasn't expecting to get of another job offer.
00:30:44Um, and, uh, it was a pretty good job offer.
00:30:52So, I've leaned towards taking that position.
00:31:03Who offered you the job?
00:31:06Well, Parker ended up calling me there,
00:31:09which I was completely not expecting.
00:31:11Same.
00:31:15Yeah, um...
00:31:17Really?
00:31:18Back with Parker?
00:31:21It was not, you know,
00:31:22there's just a few things in the offer
00:31:23that really align to what my future,
00:31:26where I kind of see myself being in some goals
00:31:28that I have set, you know what I mean?
00:31:30No.
00:31:34I wish he had at least told us earlier
00:31:35so that we can plan.
00:31:36If I had have known a lot sooner,
00:31:40I would have said it a lot sooner, right?
00:31:44Uh, there's not really much we can offer you
00:31:46to get you back here this year, I guess, eh?
00:31:48I've kind of already agreed to it.
00:31:50Well, thank you for stopping by
00:31:59and telling us some wrestling.
00:32:00Okay, guys.
00:32:01You guys have a wicked season.
00:32:03We'll see ya.
00:32:04See ya.
00:32:04Well, then.
00:32:122,000 ounces without the foreman
00:32:13is gonna be a bit more of a project then, isn't it?
00:32:18It is gonna hurt to find someone
00:32:19with Brennan's experience that you can rely on.
00:32:21If they're good, they've got a job.
00:32:25Maybe we should go poaching, too.
00:32:28Hmm.
00:32:29Hmm.
00:32:29Hmm.
00:32:34We're down to the last bit of ice here in the bridge,
00:32:47and once we get that out of here,
00:32:50that means I can start getting Bob ready to sluice.
00:32:53Three days into his ice-moving marathon,
00:32:59Tyson's under the gun.
00:33:02Parker's given me, and I've taken on more
00:33:05than I've ever taken on working here before.
00:33:09Can I do it?
00:33:09I don't know.
00:33:11But am I willing to find out?
00:33:13Yeah, it could have cost them my job 100%.
00:33:15But I hope it doesn't.
00:33:20If it does, I'll be flipping burgers.
00:33:22Come visit me at the drive-thru.
00:33:23And yes, I will be spitting in them.
00:33:31A 25-mile drive northwest.
00:33:35I'm down here at Sulphur,
00:33:36just trying to get this cut opened up.
00:33:39This cut's 2,000 feet long.
00:33:42It's probably big enough to land a small airplane on.
00:33:50For a lot of miners, this would be their whole season.
00:33:52With multiple people working on it.
00:33:54And right now, I'm down here jumping from the dozer
00:33:57to the excavator, back and forth, ripping.
00:34:00Mitch has a 2-acre strip to mine out in just 10 weeks
00:34:04before Parker's water license runs out.
00:34:08If he fails, he'll be forced to leave gold behind.
00:34:12The time frame down here is definitely my biggest concern.
00:34:15This water license is getting closer to expire by the minute,
00:34:19and yet I'm the only one down here.
00:34:22Let's see what we got here.
00:34:40Oh, hey, man, what's up?
00:34:42Not much, my friend.
00:34:43How are you?
00:34:44Oh, busy.
00:34:47Good to see you, pal.
00:34:48Come on, I'll give you one.
00:34:53Just don't let nobody, don't tell anybody that.
00:34:54Yeah, keep that s*** off the radio.
00:34:58What's your plans?
00:35:00Well, Parker poached me.
00:35:02He sent me up here to come to work with you.
00:35:05No way, man.
00:35:06Yeah, buddy.
00:35:08All right.
00:35:09He said to me specifically,
00:35:10you and Mitch worked so f***ing good together,
00:35:13I want to get that band back together.
00:35:14That's the exact words out of his mouth.
00:35:16Dude, that's awesome.
00:35:17Yeah.
00:35:17I can't believe you didn't tell me.
00:35:20Woo!
00:35:22Brennan and Mitch...
00:35:24It's the last scoop, f***ing.
00:35:25Yeah.
00:35:26...were mining buddies on Parker's Scribner Creek claim.
00:35:30Yeah, buddy!
00:35:31F***ing yeah!
00:35:32Nice work.
00:35:33Yeah, you too, man.
00:35:34They became co-foremen.
00:35:36That is perfect.
00:35:37And a bromance blossomed.
00:35:39F*** are we good.
00:35:41What a nice feeling.
00:35:42Brennan, hurry up!
00:35:43You've had five f***ing days to get this done.
00:35:46F***ing sakes.
00:35:48You're in charge or are you not in charge?
00:35:50Until five years ago,
00:35:52when Brennan quit after falling out with Parker.
00:35:56So f***ing over this whole f***, man.
00:35:59Dude, we've moved a lot of dirt in this year.
00:36:01Let me tell you what.
00:36:02We've got more than ever.
00:36:04I could certainly use some help.
00:36:06Well, that's what I'm here for.
00:36:08You can jump in the dozer.
00:36:09We've just got to rip this edge.
00:36:10I'm going to start throwing everything back.
00:36:12Okay, well, I'm excited, buddy.
00:36:21Time to move some dirt.
00:36:27Dude, it's unreal to have you back here.
00:36:29Christmas came early.
00:36:32In all the years I've been gone,
00:36:34I've missed working with you every f***ing day of it, buddy.
00:36:37Oh, you're probably back
00:36:38because you heard we got taco Tuesday.
00:36:41You did mention you guys got a really good cook,
00:36:44so that was a big plus for me.
00:36:45Ha, ha, ha.
00:36:52Oh, that looks like Parker.
00:36:54How's it going?
00:37:04Hey, welcome back.
00:37:05Thanks, pal.
00:37:07Okay.
00:37:08The whole sulfur project is kind of an interesting one
00:37:11because it's really hard to see what is pay and what is waste.
00:37:15What you're really looking for is virgin banks or, like, virgin sections.
00:37:23This, to me, looks like virgin still, right?
00:37:27So you're forced to pan your way through it and see what's going on.
00:37:33This is a totally different type of mine than this, see?
00:37:38Three quarters of a century ago,
00:37:41old-timers used a dredge to mine Sulphur Creek,
00:37:45pulling out more than $1.2 billion in gold.
00:37:50But in its wake, it left a mystery.
00:37:54Floating in a self-made pond,
00:37:56the dredge traveled its way down the valley,
00:37:59sluicing from one side to the other.
00:38:02But above the waterline,
00:38:04the high banks were out of reach,
00:38:07so gold was left untouched.
00:38:10And where the dredge turned,
00:38:13it covered up pockets of gold-rich virgin ground
00:38:16with worthless tailings,
00:38:18making Sulphur a potential treasure trove of hidden gold.
00:38:25If they can find it.
00:38:28It's just going to take some time to figure out.
00:38:30Like, I would be panning pretty constantly.
00:38:33Perfect.
00:38:35Sounds good to me.
00:38:36Okay.
00:38:42We got so much water coming through here.
00:38:45We got all this material.
00:38:46We need to start moving it over.
00:38:47No, we need it dry.
00:38:48If we start just working this,
00:38:50it's just going to get wetter and wetter.
00:38:53We're not dredging.
00:38:55So I want to just focus on the ditch here.
00:38:58Yeah, okay.
00:38:59I mean, I agree with you,
00:39:00but I just, what about Parker, you know?
00:39:03Yeah, but, I mean,
00:39:04if we just start digging in here,
00:39:06we're going to be working underwater.
00:39:07Despite Parker's rush to find the gold,
00:39:11Mitch ignores his orders to pan
00:39:13and decides to dig a ditch to drain the water.
00:39:17The first thing we got to do and we're going to do is get rid of this water.
00:39:20All right.
00:39:20It's going really good.
00:39:31I've got the ditch, you know,
00:39:32all the way to the top end of this cut,
00:39:34which was 2,000 feet long,
00:39:36and the cut's starting to drain out.
00:39:40At Sulphur Creek,
00:39:42Mitch has defied Parker's orders to hunt for virgin hotspots
00:39:47and is ditching instead.
00:39:50Parker's planning on coming down today
00:39:51and doing some panning here,
00:39:53but we got a lot of material that's still got to be moved here
00:39:56before it's ready to help Parker have a look at this
00:39:59and see what he wants to do.
00:40:00I'm just hoping to have all this ready by now.
00:40:15What the are you doing?
00:40:18Well, this is not good.
00:40:22What's happening?
00:40:25I thought you might need some panning,
00:40:27but I take it not right now.
00:40:31Yeah.
00:40:32Most important thing,
00:40:33just trying to get rid of the water here
00:40:34so we can actually move the dirt.
00:40:37We've got a pretty good system down.
00:40:39We're just trying to get that corner cleaned out
00:40:41and then we'll be ready for it.
00:40:46There's a lot of work to do here.
00:40:49I mean, I just got Brandon yesterday, so...
00:40:55There are two options.
00:41:00find some virgin ground
00:41:01or else you can leave.
00:41:09Okay, that's a waste of time.
00:41:11You know, gold can buy a lot of things, but it can't buy patients, and the higher the prices go,
00:41:19you know, the less of it there seems to be around here.
00:41:20Parker wants things done in a certain way and order, and I get that. It's his business. It's his company.
00:41:28You know, I've moved a lot of dirt up here, and I'm confident in what I'm doing. Got the ditches down. We got the cut green in. And, you know, in my opinion, that's the right move.
00:42:06It's been 25 years now. And, you know, he's already pissed off.
00:42:10Well, this is the type of s*** that made me leave the last time.
00:42:12A hundred miles east.
00:42:27We're gonna have to pull the trigger on something, otherwise we're gonna miss this whole season.
00:42:30Still 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.
00:42:42You 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? Not a single f***ing one of them. So if we're gonna get any answers up there, it's gonna be our own.
00:42:51Rick's mining in the Kino Mountains has been boom or bust. The unpredictable ground almost bankrupted him six years ago, until he hit the honey hole at Duncan Creek.
00:43:05We do our own testing and see what we find, and we know we can trust that.
00:43:10Rick's found gold on his Duncan Creek claim in two spots. Now, he's hoping the pay streak extends to the Lightning Creek claim.
00:43:20Eight miles upstream, near the gold motherlode at Mount Hinton.
00:43:26Lightning Creek is owned by Rick's old landlord, Troy Taylor.
00:43:31Ah, there he is.
00:43:37Hey, guys. Hey, Troy. How's it going? Good to see you. Good to see you.
00:43:41Hey, Troy. Welcome to Lightning Creek.
00:43:44We're ready to hit the ground running, get some gold out of the ground.
00:43:47Six seasons ago...
00:43:49Our deal is 10% for 100-ounce minimum.
00:43:54Rick leased Duncan Creek from landowner Troy Taylor.
00:43:58Ah, that's nice-looking gold there, Rick.
00:44:01Then, cut a handshake deal to buy the claim.
00:44:04Thanks, Rick. Appreciate that.
00:44:07Gambling millions of dollars...
00:44:08I'm sure you're happy to see that.
00:44:10...on the promise of a gold bonanza.
00:44:12Holy...
00:44:14This is your last... chance.
00:44:19It was a rocky ride, but finally, the deal was done, bar one crucial detail.
00:44:26I have to trust that that water license is going to come through.
00:44:30Yeah. You're all in.
00:44:32Yeah.
00:44:33All in.
00:44:34It was on Troy to get the water license for Rick, but now that it hasn't come through,
00:44:42he might have other ground for Rick to kick the tires on.
00:44:45Looks like you've done a little bit of work here, eh?
00:44:47A little bit, yeah.
00:44:48Dad and I did some sluice in last September, so, yeah.
00:44:53Just you and your dad, pretty much, right?
00:44:54Yeah, just Dad and I.
00:44:55But what was the gold like?
00:44:56I mean, is it decent, or...?
00:44:58Yeah, it was decent.
00:44:59The gold is good here.
00:45:01We had some good results last fall.
00:45:02Dad and I did some testing, and we're pleased.
00:45:05Lightning is just like Upper Duncan in the sense that it's flowing through a canyon.
00:45:11Hopefully, gold has been flushed out of those canyons, like Upper Duncan, into this main valley.
00:45:16How much overburden is on top of, like...?
00:45:18It's not bad.
00:45:19It's just, so it's about five feet of muck and sand, and...
00:45:24Right to pay, then.
00:45:25Yeah.
00:45:25Oh, that's it, eh?
00:45:26Yeah.
00:45:26And I would just take about 15 feet, and then we get into another...
00:45:30It's kind of like a false bedrock, and that's where I would stop for now.
00:45:34So, the pay layer was 15 feet?
00:45:36Yeah.
00:45:38That's more than I expected.
00:45:40I know that we're not the only ones fighting this water license stuff this year.
00:45:43What's the deal with this one here?
00:45:44How many more years are on it?
00:45:46Yeah, that's a good question.
00:45:48This is good till 2028, so you've got a few more years here, and we do, and...
00:45:54Why give us the option?
00:45:55I mean, it's just, you know...
00:45:56Why aren't you doing it?
00:46:02Well, I feel bad about this whole water license thing, so I want to give you a shot here,
00:46:07and Dad and I can step aside for a year if you want to go here, so...
00:46:14There's no cost on your royalty.
00:46:16Yeah, there's no...
00:46:18There's a lot less risk for us, so...
00:46:20Yeah.
00:46:20And they don't sound like a salesman, but there is other people that have been calling me over
00:46:25the winter, so...
00:46:27But I've been holding on to this for you, so I'm hoping that we can work something out.
00:46:33Yeah.
00:46:33Yeah.
00:46:36You know, I mean, I...
00:46:39Can I trust you on this?
00:46:41Oh, I...
00:46:42Yeah.
00:46:43We've been, what, six years now together, so...
00:46:46Yeah.
00:46:47I think, uh...
00:46:48I mean, I just...
00:46:49There's been no shortage of surprises out here.
00:46:54I can't wait too much longer.
00:46:56Dad and I are going to keep mining or get somebody else in here, so...
00:47:00No, I understand that.
00:47:01So we got the trauma here today, so we get some testing done and try to make a decision
00:47:07as quick as we can, so...
00:47:09Let's do it.
00:47:12It's definitely getting harder to trust people out here.
00:47:14You know, gold's at a premium, water licenses are rare as can be.
00:47:18The vultures are circling.
00:47:21Troy, he always seems to have the answer when I don't.
00:47:23So it's, uh, you know, it's a win-win for Troy.
00:47:27Troy.
00:47:31We need this to work out because we need to get somewhere to go mining, and we need it quick.
00:47:41Still waiting for his water license.
00:47:52Rick Ness has to move his operation, and is hoping new ground at Lightning Creek will be worth it.
00:48:00We've already done a couple of test holes, but I want to do one more here.
00:48:03There's a lot of big bullies down at this.
00:48:08Could be nice stuff.
00:48:08Troy Taylor has already stripped a section down to pay dirt, so Rick's making spot checks on the stripped ground.
00:48:17He'll run two square yards of pay, and is looking for at least a gram from the run.
00:48:23By the sounds of Troy, that, you know, it's looking pretty good here.
00:48:26But I have kind of some doubts here, but at the same time, I really hope this is going to turn out for us.
00:48:32That should be a good enough speed.
00:48:44Yeah, for sure.
00:48:46Yeah, I'll go get the water going.
00:48:48Okay.
00:48:54Hey, Ricky.
00:48:55Are we ready for you to throw some in if you want?
00:48:58I'll give her a shot.
00:48:59This bucket's kind of big.
00:49:00I'll probably make a mess.
00:49:02It's washing the rocks really nice, so hopefully it gives us good breeding.
00:49:19That's the last of the dirt.
00:49:20That's how we got our test done.
00:49:22We'll have to clean it up, and then get the hell out of here and weigh it and see what we got.
00:49:28Shut her down, clean her up.
00:49:29Yeah, man.
00:49:30Okay, let's do it.
00:49:32It doesn't have to be f***ing hot, but it's got to be hot enough for us to survive.
00:49:49Oh, hello, hello.
00:49:50Back at camp, the fate of Rick's season rests on the results of the Lightning Creek test.
00:49:56Some nice pickers in there.
00:49:58Yeah.
00:49:59If the gold is good, it could be the lifeline he needs.
00:50:05What's the ground like down there?
00:50:06It's pretty shallow.
00:50:08Seems like only about an average of about five feet overburden, maybe a little bit more, and
00:50:12then a solid 15-foot thick pay layer.
00:50:16Well, that's pretty good.
00:50:17That's a really good, you know, ratio.
00:50:18So, I don't expect it to pay out like Vegas Valley, but who knows?
00:50:24Shall we see if it's even worth it?
00:50:26We shall.
00:50:27Way from gold.
00:50:28All right.
00:50:29I don't think I've ever weighed up this small amount of gold, but let's get it all in there.
00:50:35Rick wants at least a gram from his two-yard run.
00:50:39Oh, we got .525 on there.
00:50:58Just half what Rick was hoping for.
00:51:02So, was it worth it?
00:51:07No.
00:51:09We're going to be sitting here with our hands out, no place to buy them.
00:51:17We're screwed.
00:51:30We had a super fast start to the season.
00:51:33We have cleanups and a couple bucks in the bank.
00:51:35A hundred miles away.
00:51:38Tony Beetz has already banked $1.5 million in gold.
00:51:43There is more pressure on Mike this year.
00:51:45I mean, Mike has been running Paradise Hill like it's his, but it's not his.
00:51:49It's still mine.
00:51:51So, maybe we'll have to do something with him.
00:51:54He wants a piece of the action, too.
00:51:57Once he has the hill up and running, well, then we'll just see what we can pull off.
00:52:01Tony's mining operation is split between two claims, Indian River, where he's already sluicing pay from the early bird cut, and 40 miles away, Paradise Hill.
00:52:16The core of the family business for over 30 years.
00:52:22Hey, Mike, de-copy, Mike, de-copy.
00:52:24Try the kitchen, would you please?
00:52:26Hey, Mike, how are you?
00:52:30Oh, good.
00:52:31Yourself?
00:52:32No complaints.
00:52:36Last year, I was back and forth a bit, but this year, you won't see very much of me.
00:52:40You got lots to do here.
00:52:42I know.
00:52:42But I got quite a pile going on in the Indian, too.
00:52:45But this gold price, if we don't get on it, boy, I tell you.
00:52:50Let's get it on the go.
00:52:52Get down to pay door this week.
00:52:54That seems a little excessive.
00:52:56Oh, really?
00:52:59Step up to the plate.
00:53:01Yeah.
00:53:02Make some money so I can spend some more.
00:53:04How's that?
00:53:05Don't worry, Dad.
00:53:06I'll help you with that.
00:53:07Yeah, anyway, Mike, I can't shoot this shit and sit around there like you do.
00:53:12I got to go to work.
00:53:13Well, if you did your job better, you'd have more time.
00:53:15Oh, yeah.
00:53:16F*** off, Mike.
00:53:17I'm leaving.
00:53:18See you later.
00:53:19Catch you later, Dad.
00:53:20Yeah, love you, too.
00:53:24My goal is to do my job well and get the results my dad wants.
00:53:30So I'm going to get as much gold as I can this year.
00:53:33Because with the prices as they are, you're a f***ing moron if you don't take advantage of that.
00:53:39While 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.
00:53:52More responsibility, more authority.
00:53:55I want to focus on stripping before I get sluicing so that I can just, when I get sluicing, I don't stop.
00:54:01Over the last three years, the Beats family has cleared out nearly four million tons of worthless overburden, creating an 18-acre super pit.
00:54:16The cut is home to the Klondike's fabled white-channel pay, concentrated gold washed down directly from hard rock deposits.
00:54:27So far, it's produced over 4,000 ounces of gold, worth $15 million.
00:54:35This year, Mike plans to extend the cut by nearly 50%, opening up eight more acres of ground.
00:54:44Tony wants the first acre down to pay by the end of the week.
00:54:56We're going to have a whole whack load of stuff opened up, so we have a lot of work ahead of us.
00:55:01My dad bought six new trucks.
00:55:07We're going to strip, strip, strip, strip, strip, strip.
00:55:11Another year at Paradise.
00:55:13We're glad to be back.
00:55:13We've got brand-new rock trucks.
00:55:15Just hauling overburden from the cut.
00:55:18We're trying to expand.
00:55:20To get down to the gold-bearing pay lay, a D-11 dozer rips and pushes the worthless waste dirt, called overburden, to two excavators.
00:55:31Which load it into rock trucks, haul it 2,000 feet away, and dump it on the waste pile.
00:55:38Hopefully get sluice in here in Paradise soon, get that gold coming in.
00:55:45Guys, guys, guys, we've got a problem, we've got a problem.
00:55:47The cat truck has flipped, the cab of the cat truck has flipped.
00:55:50Oh, .
00:55:51I'm stuck in here.
00:55:52You're right on the edge.
00:55:53You're right on the edge.
00:55:57Oh, .
00:55:58I'm stuck in here.
00:56:04You're right on the edge.
00:56:05Oh, .
00:56:06I honestly don't want to touch it.
00:56:07You're right on the edge.
00:56:11You're right on the edge.
00:56:12You're right on the edge.
00:56:18Oh, .
00:56:20I'm stuck in here.
00:56:21Oh, my .
00:56:22I honestly don't want to touch it.
00:56:23You're right on the edge.
00:56:24You're right on the edge.
00:56:25At Paradise Hill, a brand new $750,000 rock truck has flipped, with driver Graham trapped
00:56:42inside the cab, hanging on the edge of a 200-foot drop.
00:56:47This side is just .
00:56:51I wish Mike could hurry up, because if the bang starts to go...
00:56:54This is not the circus I signed up for.
00:56:57Do I still have all my windows?
00:57:01You still have all your windows, yes.
00:57:03.
00:57:06Oh, that exhaust.
00:57:11And hoses are pretty .
00:57:14Pulled, too.
00:57:15Oh, my hood .
00:57:17Breaking our new truck right away.
00:57:20It's slowly dropping more and more, which is a little nerve-wracking.
00:57:24As long as you get me pulled out of here before I flip.
00:57:30Okay.
00:57:31Well, you can't get out.
00:57:34Too big.
00:57:41Hey, Mike!
00:57:42Well, what the ?
00:57:43Is he still in there?
00:57:44Yeah.
00:57:45.
00:57:46He won't fit through that window.
00:57:47If you could double its size, he wouldn't fit.
00:57:48Rescue him for sake.
00:57:49We're supposed to be in charge.
00:57:50Kick out the window.
00:57:51Make him stand on the steering wheel, stick his head out the window, kick the thing in.
00:57:56That way his eyes and ears and everything will be fine.
00:57:58Get his fat ass out.
00:57:59Okay.
00:58:00You ready, Graham?
00:58:01I guess so.
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00:59:13truck back on its wheels Tony and Mike use the 520 horsepower d10 dozer while
00:59:22the 480 excavator holds the box in place to stop it dropping over the edge
00:59:28I'm very sorry Sony I know and not really thinking anything I do about it because you're on the
00:59:52frost and at this slippery I still feel bad since it's a brand new trial that doesn't matter happens
00:59:58my man I was expecting to be a little bit more aggravated I put one of the new ones there's no
01:00:06use fighting people out there's a net when you fire somebody's two people that lose I lose an
01:00:12employee he loses his job it's too bad you had to break the window but so it is I guess hey yeah
01:00:20for Mike it's now a fight to hit pay dirt by the end of the week with one less truck and show Tony
01:00:36he can run Paradise Hill on his own it's enough horse if you want to prove yourself I suggest you get rid
01:00:44of Brennan and I are trying to get as much ground up and up down here at Sulphur as possible at Sulphur
01:01:02Creek Mitch and Brennan have finally drained the cut and exposed what could be their first hidden pay
01:01:10pocket how far did the dredge get over here figure out what's left for us now they're ready for Parker
01:01:18to pan hopefully we got something for him to look at oh Parker likes to see the gold and you know he
01:01:25wants it now like this to me looks virgin I really don't know what to expect
01:01:38I'm just gonna show Mitch
01:01:54one pan out of the downstream edge of your ditch holy smoke
01:02:03that's why we're doing this wow and that's pretty exciting
01:02:11find it again yeah hopefully there's more of that
01:02:16that was a really good pan
01:02:19I just need to get a wash plant in here and find out what mines like it pans
01:02:2425 miles southeast at Dominion Creek we got the ice out of the bridge cut we got
01:02:33pay stacked up now it's time we get sluicing Tyson is on the clock
01:02:39Parker wants wash plant Bob's sluicing by the end of the day I haven't talked to
01:02:45Alcolim yet there will be no waiting Parker has made that abundantly clear
01:02:51how's it going guys we're ready to run dirt
01:02:59the hoppers gonna be the main hold up for Bob starting the pre-wash hopper feeder
01:03:08yeah this feed chain system this plant couldn't run without it man it would have
01:03:17been nice if you told me that the feed chain system which drives the wash
01:03:21plants pre-wash conveyor is broken and the mechanics want to install a new one
01:03:28Parker he wants Bob running today no getting around this right now yeah me let's
01:03:39get at it we've got a lot of work to do
01:03:54mr. Justin hey boys mr. Bill what's going on we brought a rush rush project at Dominion Creek
01:04:06Parker's mechanics are hustling to fix the feed chain system on Bob's pre-wash conveyor all right
01:04:14well let's get this thing unloaded and get at it because it ain't gonna fix itself the pre-wash
01:04:21conveyor moves Peter into the shaker to be washed the motor which turns the conveyor's front drive shaft
01:04:29is connected via a small chain and sprocket but over time the chain tightened pulling the shaft inwards
01:04:38breaking apart the sprocket and bearings to fix this design fault the mechanics will remove the small
01:04:46chain and sprocket fit a new front drive shaft and align the motor so it sends power directly to the chef
01:04:56chain is up there we go let motor come out of there nice and easy okay we're laughing
01:05:12this is the final fit
01:05:16there we go perfect
01:05:24all right so that that is it copy Alec go for Alec you are ready to roll my friend sweet we'll come grab it
01:05:41wide load coming through
01:05:47well look at this you guys pulled it off what do you say we get Bob running
01:05:59keep it coming
01:06:10keep it coming
01:06:11lift it up a little bit
01:06:14whoa there buddy
01:06:17there it goes
01:06:19you're in
01:06:20beautiful
01:06:26everything's in place okay you guys ready yeah yeah well here we go it's fireball bomb
01:06:39here goes the first scoop of the season
01:06:57the pre-wash conveyer delivers pay dirt to the plant water jets blast the gold and fine dirt off the rocks
01:07:12a shaker deck vibrates a set of screens to separate out the larger rocks
01:07:19while the smaller gold bearing material washes down into two 14 by 10 foot sluices where the riffles and mats catch the gold
01:07:34that's a beautiful sight right there Liam first wash plank going on dominion that is a beautiful sight
01:07:40with three days sluice time before the end of the week Tyson's on the gold
01:07:46Parker's big push for 10,000 ounces is on Bob's got a lot of ground to get through this here
01:07:53miners across the Yukon are gathering at Dawson city for the Klondike-Klaster mining association meeting
01:08:12the KTMA warn a glut of unprocessed water licenses is putting livelihoods at risk
01:08:18what a joke desperate to start his season Rick is in Dawson to meet the Klondike-Klaster mining
01:08:28association a local union working with miners with no water licenses my back's against the wall I've
01:08:36been up to my elbows in the in this you know in this whole water license stuff it sucks man it really
01:08:41sucks state of the industry is not too great a lot of people in the exact same bonus me with the water
01:08:47license and all that I'm hoping that the KPM make maybe they know when these are going to get
01:08:51approved give me some kind of reason to stick with Duncan Creek you know without it I don't know what
01:08:55the hell we're gonna do hey there's somebody I know what's going on buddy how you doing I'm okay how
01:09:02you been all right better than you yeah I've heard what's going on oh man there's a lot of people that
01:09:09are pretty screwed up by it and the thing is the forces that are against the mining have so many
01:09:16tactics to stall things and it's death by delay yeah this is absolutely right right just shoot me in
01:09:22the head don't give me a slow death yeah but let's see what they do in the meeting and then uh why
01:09:27don't I buy you a wine 20 food beer afterwards I appreciate that man all right just go in this
01:09:33meeting and see what they say and go from there
01:09:44something's got to give
01:10:01yeah I've had enough of that big waste of time it gets us nowhere it's just a bull you know like who's
01:10:08ass do I put my fist up to get some results here and maybe I'll be done who knows who knows at this
01:10:13point probably gonna have a beer maybe 10.
01:10:17In Dawson with no breakthrough on his water license Rick's hopes of mining this season
01:10:23best seat in the house hanged by a thread
01:10:26whoa whoa whoa what's up
01:10:29good to see you buddy
01:10:30good to see ya
01:10:33you know the last time we were together
01:10:35was um 14 years ago
01:10:37really you think that was the last time I was still young
01:10:41that's a long time ago
01:10:42I remember I was like I think Tony Beats is like the coolest guy in the world
01:10:48and I want to be like Tony
01:10:51thank you
01:10:53thank you
01:10:54it'll be a long time but you know what been good years
01:10:56right
01:10:57yeah
01:10:58every year I have more fun
01:10:59good for you
01:11:00and it takes a lot to get me jealous
01:11:02but when I roll by you have so much equipment running
01:11:07yeah
01:11:08so
01:11:09how's Rick?
01:11:10you having fun?
01:11:12no
01:11:13the KPA has gotten us nowhere
01:11:15basically we can't touch Duncan Creek
01:11:17oh that's not very good
01:11:19no it's kind of a slap in the face
01:11:21do you have that other block of ground?
01:11:24lightning creek?
01:11:25yeah
01:11:26um
01:11:27well I don't have it
01:11:28it's Troy's
01:11:29so
01:11:30it's Elise
01:11:31but he's like a pretty reasonable landlord
01:11:32he is
01:11:33and
01:11:34you know
01:11:35not like me
01:11:36yeah
01:11:37I wasn't gonna say that but yeah
01:11:39and you've done like one test or a bunch of tests?
01:11:42you did a few tests there
01:11:44not very happy about it
01:11:46but
01:11:47there's a license there for three years
01:11:49that's pretty good
01:11:50but
01:11:51I'm not sure if there's a lot of gold in it
01:11:55but I mean you have one thing going for you
01:11:57and that is like gold price is so good
01:11:59good
01:12:00no I hear ya
01:12:01but this is uh
01:12:02this is definitely a gamble
01:12:03oh
01:12:04gold price is excellent
01:12:06if you're lucky enough to have a license
01:12:08hurry the up, mine the out of it
01:12:11and leave
01:12:12that's it
01:12:13you just gotta get out there and wash as many rocks as you can
01:12:17get the over that and make it work Rick
01:12:22you're right
01:12:24make some money
01:12:25oh yeah
01:12:26hope it goes well
01:12:28well
01:12:30well I've gotta run
01:12:31I've got a dog that needs a walk
01:12:33park
01:12:34and it was fun
01:12:35Rick
01:12:36it's great to see you guys
01:12:37me too for sure
01:12:38there you go
01:12:39let's not wait another 14 years huh
01:12:40yeah
01:12:41yeah do it
01:12:42I've known Rick for 15 years
01:12:45he was there for all the years
01:12:47where I was just like scared to death of going broke
01:12:49I was scared to death of people taking advantage of me
01:12:52I was scared to death of Tony kicking me off the ground
01:12:55this business eats you alive if you're not ready for it
01:13:00with Rick
01:13:01I could definitely see him
01:13:05losing everything
01:13:07and leaving the gold fields broke
01:13:09but I could also see him building
01:13:11an empire
01:13:13and
01:13:14and I really hope that he's successful
01:13:16I do
01:13:18I cut my teeth out here with Parker
01:13:20I've known Tony since the day I walked into the Klondike
01:13:22and
01:13:23they've always had good advice
01:13:25and I'd be foolish not to take it
01:13:27I've got Lightning Creek as an option right now
01:13:29and we're gonna take that option
01:13:30we're gonna run with it
01:13:31I'd like to remind all rock truck drivers and the hoe operator working in the cut
01:13:46keep going keep skimming her off
01:13:48strip strip strip strip strip strip strip
01:13:50after a disastrous start managing Tony's Paradise Hill claim
01:13:56Mike Beetz is racing to get down to pay
01:14:00Mike's doing the best with what he's got
01:14:02but we need to move this dirt
01:14:04get to the gold get to the pay
01:14:05our guys are doing real good
01:14:08they're moving a lot of dirt
01:14:10there's some of this like right here
01:14:12this is not very far from the pay
01:14:14there's so many rocks
01:14:15that's usually a good indicator that's good stuff
01:14:21if you want to drive in
01:14:22I can grab my Kubota because it makes its way in
01:14:24yeah let's walk
01:14:27looks like you need it
01:14:32Mike do you copy Mike?
01:14:34yeah go ahead
01:14:35we're down to pay here
01:14:37do you want to come check it out?
01:14:39I'll be there in a minute
01:14:43a little bit clay in it
01:14:44but it's got the rocks
01:14:48that'll be a fat chunk huh?
01:14:50let's grab a pan
01:14:54now what if I forgot how the pan
01:14:59would be
01:15:01give me a rock
01:15:06where would you like it?
01:15:07right there
01:15:09thank you sir
01:15:24look at that
01:15:29look at that
01:15:34a good pan
01:15:35nice fine stuff
01:15:37yeah
01:15:38as fine as frog hair as they say
01:15:39but that's on the top anyway right?
01:15:43but we can sluice that Mike
01:15:44hey?
01:15:45oh yeah
01:15:46without a question
01:15:47we hit pay in paradise hill
01:15:52the Indian sluice lot is doing a good job
01:15:55so everything is looking up
01:15:56everything is looking pretty good
01:15:59be hot in business
01:16:00perfect
01:16:08we're back
01:16:09hold on
01:16:10hold on
01:16:11before Tyson cleared all the ice
01:16:13Parker turned the bridge cut into a race track
01:16:20oh
01:16:33just push on the front a little bit
01:16:35come on
01:16:36come on get in there
01:16:42Cody get in there
01:16:43Cody get in there
01:16:44Cody get in there
01:16:56every light on the dash is on
01:16:58you know any good mechanics?
01:17:00dude they're gonna kill me
01:17:01if they find out why this happened
01:17:03don't tell anybody
01:17:13we're down a foreman
01:17:15but I think being as set up as we are now
01:17:17it is doable
01:17:19and well
01:17:20we're gonna try
01:17:21Tony's eldest son Kevin
01:17:23has been running his Scribner Creek mine for a week
01:17:27relying more on operator Caden Foote
01:17:31this is the earliest I've started sluicing in a season
01:17:34but
01:17:35I feel like it's gonna be a bit of a struggle without Brennan
01:17:39he was an all-around great foreman
01:17:44we really gotta as a team come together
01:17:47so we can get as much out as we can
01:17:49hey man
01:17:56got some yellow s***
01:17:57oh
01:17:59hi guys
01:18:00hey Manny
01:18:01hey guys
01:18:02how's it going pal?
01:18:03how are you?
01:18:04not too bad
01:18:05Kevin leases the ground from Tony
01:18:08and pays a 10% royalty
01:18:10on any gold he finds
01:18:12so
01:18:13your second year on your own
01:18:15how are you feeling about that?
01:18:17you gonna
01:18:18cross it?
01:18:19honestly
01:18:20I'm feeling pretty f***ing good
01:18:23three year old this year
01:18:24you don't have to buy this
01:18:25buy every f***ing thing
01:18:26right?
01:18:27yeah
01:18:28that's gotta make a lot easier start this year
01:18:30definitely is a lot nicer to hit the ground running
01:18:32what's happening with Brennan?
01:18:34well we didn't know he was showing up
01:18:37and then he finally came and talked to us
01:18:40told us that he wasn't coming back
01:18:43it would've been nice if you would've let you know that in the winter
01:18:46it would've been nice for sure
01:18:47that's people for you again
01:18:49that's people for you?
01:18:50oh yeah
01:18:51so who gives a f***?
01:18:52next
01:18:53that's how it goes next
01:18:57uh T
01:18:58you had a nice early start
01:18:59and have some gold coming out of the ground right away?
01:19:02yeah
01:19:03what's your gold?
01:19:05my gold is $2,000
01:19:06and we already have a little bit of chunk of gold
01:19:09at the start of the season
01:19:10so that's nice
01:19:12you maybe think we can weigh it up?
01:19:14alright
01:19:15are we ready?
01:19:16Kevin ran his stockpiled pay
01:19:19for one week at Scribner Creek
01:19:2115
01:19:2320
01:19:2530
01:19:2740
01:19:2950
01:19:3350
01:19:3550
01:19:3657.04
01:19:39$200,000 in gold
01:19:42$60,000 more
01:19:44than the same amount was worth last season
01:19:47and that's how many hours?
01:19:4870
01:19:4970 hours
01:19:50so it's a little bit less than
01:19:51so I have an ounce now
01:19:52yeah
01:19:53yeah
01:19:54it's still nice
01:19:55oh f*** yeah
01:19:56that's better than zero
01:19:57oh
01:19:58this year cash in
01:19:59so you may as well get with it
01:20:00right?
01:20:01yeah
01:20:02you know
01:20:03okay woman let's get the f*** out of here
01:20:04let's go
01:20:05yeah
01:20:06we have to work so we'll talk to you guys later
01:20:08okay
01:20:09ladies and gentlemen
01:20:10don't work too hard
01:20:11bye
01:20:12bye
01:20:13bye
01:20:14that was a decent quote
01:20:16yeah not too bad
01:20:17it's kind of nice to see this yellow stuff this early in the season
01:20:22i'm sure the folks would be happy for us too
01:20:24but the big thing we're looking for right now is the foreman
01:20:28we'll get hiring and something will f***ing show up
01:20:31nice little haul i mean it's a good start
01:20:37that's a couple bucks huh? royalty wise it's alright? royalty wise yeah
01:20:41it's alright
01:20:42there's nothing like making money of your kids is that?
01:20:51what's happening?
01:20:52how's it going man?
01:20:53going good
01:20:54good
01:20:55it's been a while since we've done one of these
01:20:57yeah
01:20:58big cat
01:21:01hey
01:21:02he is back
01:21:03how's it going?
01:21:05welcome back
01:21:06yeah thank you
01:21:07it's good having you back
01:21:08and there's a lot to do this year so we need all the help we can get
01:21:11definitely
01:21:12it's the end of the first week of what could be a game changing season for Parker
01:21:19this is the year huh?
01:21:20yeah
01:21:21we need to just f***ing shove dirt down those wash plants throats huh?
01:21:25it's a long road to ten thousand
01:21:30Tyson's got Bob running right now in the bridge cut
01:21:36sulfur's drying out a little bit
01:21:39we've got the trucks upstream they're stripping
01:21:41and that's going alright?
01:21:42yep
01:21:43are you ready T?
01:21:46let's check it out doom it
01:21:48this is Mr. Bob this is your first plant
01:21:50well here we go
01:21:51all eyes are on Tyson's first run from the bridge cut
01:21:56last season's payouts were unpredictable
01:21:59Parker's looking for at least a hundred ounces from three days sluicing
01:22:0610
01:22:0720
01:22:0840
01:22:0960
01:22:1180
01:22:13gonna break a hundred
01:22:16there we go
01:22:17100
01:22:18120
01:22:25125.8
01:22:28nice
01:22:29very nice
01:22:30worth?
01:22:31over $440,000
01:22:36looks like it was worth getting that ice off
01:22:38yeah
01:22:39we're on the board
01:22:41yeah
01:22:42that's definitely a good start but we have a long ways to go
01:22:46so
01:22:47I hope everybody's ready to buckle in
01:22:52alright
01:22:53thank you guys
01:22:54thank you
01:22:55do it again next week
01:22:56the cat is back
01:22:58meow
01:22:59this season we're really going to be hopping
01:23:03hopes are high
01:23:05and I think we've got a good shot at making our 10,000 ounces this year
01:23:09I think this year we've got the right recipe
01:23:12you know we've got really good people here
01:23:14it's probably the best chance we'll have at doing the five figures
01:23:18it's gonna be a ball buster of a season for the boys though
01:23:21the boys though
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