Gold Rush- Alaska - Season 16 Episode 08- No Off Days
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00:00I
00:17Call
00:20Yeah, it's to you
00:26Stay in it
00:30You raised me 70
00:35I'll call you
00:38Threes and fours
00:41Can anybody beat a queen high
00:44An ace high
00:46Mitch got you a pair of ace
00:49Mitch's pot
00:50That was my loan to you
00:53Thank you, Brian, appreciate that
00:54I'm confused by this tactic of you guys not letting me win
00:57Alright, well, welcome to the day in the life
01:02Currently trying to get my money back from these guys
01:04On this gold rush
01:09I think we need more GoPros
01:11On the windscreen
01:13We ride shotgun
01:15With Parker Schnabel
01:16This is him, unmarked grave
01:19As he reveals what it takes
01:21To run a multi-million dollar mine
01:24It caused me to be a bad manager
01:27It pushed a lot of really good people away
01:29Well, we left on
01:30And makes a choice
01:33Closing down the business scares me a lot
01:35I'm just gonna make a decision
01:36That could determine
01:38The fate of his season
01:40Those are your old friends
01:41Is that the Hoffmans?
01:43It's your bet
01:58Don't be scared
01:5920
02:01Show him, Brennan
02:06A pair of twos
02:09A pair of aces
02:10First hand, I've won
02:13We need some more fuel
02:15The more aces
02:16In the land of the midnight sun
02:21Parker and his lieutenants
02:23Are locked in a late night battle
02:25Man, summer just doesn't want to show up this year
02:30No, it's been cold, hasn't it?
02:32You gonna buy a house one of these days?
02:34Or what do you think?
02:34Um, I don't know
02:36I never really have gotten that
02:38Bothered about, like, settling down
02:40I bet you Nancy would love a couple grandkids
02:43I don't know
02:43I'm pretty good at scaring women off
02:45I wouldn't know what it'd be like
02:46To go back into the dating pool, honestly, so
02:49A lot of overburden
02:50Bless my grandpa's heart
02:59Like, literally one of the last conversations that we had
03:02Was in the hospital
03:03And he was like
03:05I feel so bad for you
03:07Because you're always gonna have to wonder
03:09Why the girl you're with is with you
03:12He definitely wished that you had just, like, met somebody
03:15Before you had money
03:16You know what I mean?
03:17He was coming at you with the truth
03:19I would just hate to be, like, Scrooge McDuck
03:21It's like, I can have my, like, swimming pool full of gold and live alone
03:26It happens when it happens, right?
03:30I wouldn't rush it
03:31I wouldn't be in a rush, no
03:32The part of it that I struggle with is, like, on a personal level
03:35What am I doing all of this for?
03:38Up until the last few years
03:40Survival of the business went well that I was focused on
03:43I didn't really put any sort of, like, meaningful effort into anything else
03:48Yeah
03:49I don't know how it plays out
03:51But, like, I just keep getting older
03:53Well, we all do
03:54And I do want kids
03:56I actually think it would be a blast to have them up here
03:59A lot of those things when you quit looking is when it happens, you know?
04:03No different look at all the gold mines
04:05And then you went all over the world looking for where to mine
04:07Where were we gonna go sluice it next?
04:09And it was in your own backyard
04:10So he wants to marry one of us
04:12Tyson, I actually have a ring in my pocket
04:13Okay, one more card
04:20Read them in wheat
04:22F*** it, we'll go big to let's end
04:26Okay
04:28Do it all
04:29They called you
04:31Trip tens
04:34Very nice
04:36I got a six and an eight
04:39You got a straight
04:40Mitch is the winner
04:41That's more like it
04:45All right, guys
04:49Tomorrow is my day off
04:50But y'all have work tomorrow?
04:51Yep
04:51Sorry to keep you out until the wee hours of the morning
04:55Have fun
04:56Let's get this f***ing show on the road
05:05We got a busy week ahead of us here
05:07The next morning
05:09Parker's crew get to work
05:11Chasing his 10,000 ounce season target
05:14Time to make some gold
05:15That's why there's 24 hours in the day
05:18While Parker
05:19Does absolutely nothing
05:22Hey, Bose
05:26There's the boy I'm looking for
05:29How are you?
05:30I'm good, how are you?
05:31Good
05:31Mine manager, Nona Loveless
05:35Oversees the day-to-day logistics
05:37Of Parker's massive operation
05:39How are you feeling after last night's hurrah?
05:44I'm drinking some tea and detoxing
05:47Well, I'm going to try to give you a break from the pit
05:50But that just ended
05:51Oh yeah, what you got for me?
05:53I feel bad
05:55But anyway
05:55We need the next project for the stripping crew
05:59Okay
05:59They could be done today
06:01As early as today
06:02So I just wanted to make sure
06:03That they're not just twiddling their thumbs
06:05Yeah, no, that's not an issue
06:06The stripping crew exposes the pay dirt
06:09That keeps Parker's wash plants fed
06:12To keep gold flowing
06:15Parker must choose their next project
06:17In his mining empire
06:19That decision could result in millions in gold
06:23Or falling short of his seasoned target
06:27Well, I'll go check in with everybody
06:29And see who needs help
06:30When do you need to know about the stripping crew?
06:33By the end of the day, for sure
06:34And also, we need some gold sold
06:37We need some cash in the bank
06:39We do
06:40Okay, I can do that
06:41I can do both those things
06:42Thank you
06:42We'll see you later
06:43I'll get on it and get back to you
06:45Spread across three locations
06:49Parker's 10,000-acre operation
06:52Consists of over 60 machines
06:55Three wash plants
06:57And close to 40 employees
07:00Costing over $100,000 a day to run
07:05Unfortunately, Parker's trying to take the day off
07:10But with no such thing around here
07:13There's always something that comes up
07:15The stripping crew is a very important part of our operation
07:18For the most part, they don't go on camera
07:21They're like the special forces team
07:23That all can run any piece of equipment on the mine site
07:27They just get done
07:29So we need to figure out what the is that they need to get done next
07:33I think we need more GoPros
07:38On the windscreen
07:40At least four more
07:42At a minimum
07:43To determine where to deploy the stripping crew
07:50Parker must visit each of his three lieutenants
07:53And assess their operations in person
07:56I don't want to pit managers against each other
07:59And create a fierce level of competition inside the company
08:04But in the short term, it's more efficient
08:06People always want help
08:09And it's like trying to figure out
08:11Who actually needs it
08:13And who can go on their own
08:15Her stop?
08:19The cuts on his flagship Dominion Creek property
08:22Parker's biggest project
08:26Dominion should account for over two-thirds of his 10,000-ounce target
08:32Tyson's doing really well this year
08:36Dominion's slated to do 7,000 ounces or something
08:40And right now, that's all his domain
08:43Big responsibility for sure
08:45We're up here for seven months a year
08:49Working hard every day
08:51Overseeing the entire Dominion Creek project
08:55Is veteran miner, Tyson Lee
08:58Pretty green at the mining aspect of things
09:02Starting as a rock truck driver
09:04Right now, I'm letting Tyson run Slucifer
09:07Yeehaw!
09:08Tyson has battled his way up the ranks
09:11You can't just tell the boss what he wants to hear
09:14You have to tell him what needs to be done
09:16Before becoming one of Parker's most trusted pit bosses
09:20If I can take anything off your shoulders
09:22I need people that I can trust
09:24And Tyson's one of the top ones
09:26What's up?
09:32How's it going?
09:33A little good, how are you?
09:34Pretty good
09:35It's a big pit
09:36Yeah, it is
09:38300 yards both ways
09:39So, the stripping crew is just about done with their project
09:44Maybe by the end of today
09:45But I wanted to talk to you about just like
09:49I know you have a lot of stuff that you haven't gotten to, right?
09:52Yep
09:53Just hoping to throw up enough pay
09:54Those guys can come down here
09:56And start trucking into our wash plant
09:58We can rip this ditch
10:01We can get our area excavated out
10:04Definitely going to hit frost on this side
10:06I would imagine
10:06It would be really nice to get all of this stuff done
10:11Yeah
10:12Just get all your ditches in
10:13Get all your plant pads set up
10:16You've definitely got a lot going on
10:18Having already brought in nearly 2,000 ounces
10:22Giving Tyson the stripping crew
10:24Would allow Parker to keep Dominion on schedule
10:28But might cause Parker's other claims to fall behind
10:32Let me talk to Brennan and Mitch as well
10:34And see what they have going on
10:35And then
10:36Is it a battle for people between us or
10:38No, it's not a battle
10:42I'm just going to make a decision
10:44Okay
10:45Who's the better salesman, right?
10:49Come here
10:49Is he going to get back up now?
10:53Alright, see you man
10:55Good luck with your dog
10:56Thanks
10:57You know, I was surprised to see him here this morning
11:03I guess that's a miner's life, right?
11:06You don't really get a day off
11:07Last night at the poker game
11:10Parker was talking about settling down
11:12Putting down some roots
11:13Getting a partner
11:14And we really never have time
11:17To talk about stuff like that
11:20If you put your whole life into moving dirt
11:25And there's no more dirt to be moved
11:27Then what's next?
11:31You know, is Parker ready for that big lifestyle change?
11:33That I don't know
11:34Tyson had a good couple of points
11:38About how much help it would be
11:40To have some extra hands
11:42In, you know, the pits that we're doing this year
11:45But we'll see what everybody else says
11:47Having heard Tyson's case for Dominion
11:50Parker will visit two more mines
11:53Before he makes a decision on where
11:56To send his elite stripping crew
11:59I'm a little slow this morning, yeah
12:15But we need to know where to put the stripping crew
12:21Despite it being his day off
12:24Parker's working
12:25He's on his way to cash in gold
12:28But before that
12:30He's traveling between his cuts
12:32To determine which to strip
12:34Every yard we sluice
12:37Has about four or five yards of stripping
12:42And so if you're sluicing 400 yards an hour
12:47If you aren't stripping 2,000 yards an hour
12:49You're falling behind
12:50Right now I'm just going to see Brennan here
12:54At Ken and Stewart's
12:55So that we can start making some decisions
12:57The lease with Ken and Stewart
12:59Has always been an important one to me
13:01Because it is a lot of ground
13:03That can keep the company going
13:05Into the future for quite some time
13:07To hit Parker's 10,000 ounce goal
13:10Ken and Stewart's needs to produce
13:13At least 2,000 ounces
13:15But so far it's produced nothing
13:18And the cut is still not down to pay dirt
13:22I've been away from Parker
13:23And his crew for last few seasons
13:25In charge of getting the pit ready for sluicing
13:28Is veteran miner Brennan Ruhle
13:31That was my original gold rush family
13:34And I'm back with them again
13:35Can't wait to see the little yellow flakes
13:37On this loose box
13:38After joining Parker's crew 10 years ago
13:42And quickly proving himself
13:45As an expert operator
13:46If anybody wants to go home
13:47Make them go home
13:49Disagreements with Parker
13:51Drove Brennan to quit
13:53Go pack my leave right now
13:55I don't give a about any of this
13:56But since then
13:59Tempers have cooled
14:01Well we left on terms
14:03And I think we just started losing communication
14:05Between one another
14:06And that was definitely a big thing
14:08We've got a bunch of projects to do
14:13But I'm not sure which one to focus on
14:15So you are going to have a wash plant here soon
14:17Yeah
14:17And with gold price where they are
14:19We're just going to hammer on the sluicing
14:20Gotcha, that makes sense
14:22We could start in here quite soon, right?
14:25Not really
14:25In that center section
14:27There's a big frozen spot still
14:29And I mean we've been working ditches
14:30And working ditches
14:31And cold and thaw
14:32So
14:32So we're falling behind
14:36On the stripping
14:36Holding potentially 20%
14:39Of Parker's season goal
14:41Frozen ground
14:43Means Brennan's cut
14:44Is off track for sluicing
14:46I need help
14:47That's the challenge
14:49That I've got right now
14:50We can hopefully
14:51Catch back up
14:52With falling behind
14:54On the stripping
14:54Throughout the summer
14:55Okay
14:56Some big rock in here
15:00I'm excited to see down there
15:01Because I've never seen such
15:03Big rock on the Indian River myself
15:05And hopefully there's a bunch of gold up there
15:07F***ing hope so
15:08What else you got on the go today?
15:10I've got to go to town
15:11And sell some gold
15:12Oh nice
15:13Pay you guys
15:14Hate that
15:16Okay well that sounds good
15:19I'm going to keep ditching here
15:20So you have fun in town
15:21I'll be waiting for my paycheck
15:23Thanks Brennan
15:25Thank you
15:25Sending Brennan
15:27The stripping crew
15:28Would help accelerate
15:30His sluicing timeline
15:31But there's still
15:33One more site to visit
15:35That right there
15:36Is definitely the hard part
15:37Of Parker's job
15:38Because all of us
15:39Can use an abundance
15:40Of every piece of equipment here
15:42To get the scope of the work done
15:44That he sets out every year
15:45You know I see how stressed out
15:48I can get out here in the cut
15:49Just running a crew
15:50That he owns
15:51I don't have to worry about
15:53New equipment
15:53Mechanics
15:54He's paying all the fuel bills
15:55And the wages
15:56That's a lot to get thrown into
15:58At whatever he started at
16:00What was it
16:0014 years old or something
16:02So I'm sure there's always a stress
16:04But it isn't conveyed to the crew anymore
16:06Like it used to be
16:07And it's super awesome
16:08To be a part of that
16:09A lot of my job
16:14Is figuring out
16:15Where the next ounces are
16:16And trying to replace the ones we mine
16:19Right
16:20I am pretty financially motivated
16:24And I analyze decisions in my life
16:27Based on the financial impacts of them
16:30I don't think it's a good thing
16:32Was your grandpa like that?
16:35I don't know
16:39He wasn't when I knew him
16:42But that was in his 80s and 90s
16:47People change in their 80s and 90s
16:50My grandpa dying
16:56I was very well prepared for it
16:59He was so old
17:01But dozer dying was so brutal
17:07My dog
17:07He wasn't that old
17:11You know
17:11He was only 8
17:12He's actually buried
17:14Just around the corner here
17:15I've also got a new member
17:18Of the team to introduce
17:20Dozer
17:22During Parker's second year
17:25In the Yukon
17:26Come on buddy
17:27Don't run away
17:28Do you not like gold mining?
17:30Come on
17:31He brought a 12 week old puppy
17:33To the mine site
17:34What's wrong?
17:36Huh?
17:36A lab and German shepherd mix
17:39Dozer was Parker's constant companion
17:42I gotta work there man
17:44Over the next 8 mining seasons
17:47Sometimes I wish I was a dog
17:48Until passing away 2 years ago
17:52I don't think I've ever walked over
17:56To where I buried him
17:57And the ground was frozen
17:59So Jordan had to bring me a dozer
18:05And an excavator to rip the ground
18:06To be able to bury him
18:07I don't even know
18:08Well I know I'll find the spot
18:10But it's just up here
18:11Let's go say hi
18:12This is him
18:22This is him
18:22Unmarked grave
18:26I always meant to have a headstone made for him
18:31Why'd you pick this spot
18:34Oh he just had a good view of the valley
18:37It felt like it was a nice spot
18:42Yeah
18:50He was a good dog
18:51Coming up
19:06Wait for a warm up
19:07Parker
19:08Cash is in
19:09Normally you bring in
19:10More than this
19:11Oh no
19:13Today was kind of supposed to be a day off for me
19:29But by the end of the day
19:30I kind of have to have an answer about
19:32Where the stripping crew need to go next
19:34It's past midday
19:36And Parker
19:37Is still trying to determine
19:40Which cut
19:40His stripping crew
19:42Will work on next
19:43Right now I'm just going to see sulfur
19:46Last stop
19:48Is Parker's newest project
19:51Sulfur Creek
19:52Bought last year
19:55Sulfur delivered
19:57Over 700 ounces of gold
19:59This season
20:01Parker needs double that number
20:03To hit his 10,000 ounce gold
20:06Sulfur is important to do
20:07But I kind of want to just get a temperature check on Mitch
20:11And see how he's doing
20:12In charge of the sulfur creek project
20:15Is one of Parker's long time crew members
20:18Mitch Blaschke
20:19I remember working for Parker
20:23When he was a bit younger there
20:25And man
20:25It was people coming and going
20:28And they were going faster
20:29Than they were coming
20:30Starting as a young mechanic
20:34How's it going?
20:35I'm looking forward to a good season
20:36And whatever it takes to get the job done
20:38And get some gold in the box
20:40Mitch is now one of Parker's
20:43Most valued miners
20:44As soon as we get this thing finished up
20:46You're going to head downtown with it
20:48And try and pick up some chicks
20:50Yeah, that's what I need
20:51And their relationship
20:53Has had both highs
20:55You are a hell of a leader
20:56And loans
20:58I'm not very happy with you
21:00It's a mess
21:01For that kid being such a genius
21:03Some days he's a moron
21:05Hi
21:09How's it going?
21:10Good, how are you?
21:11Not too bad
21:11Just got done with cleanup
21:15Doing a little maintenance
21:16How'd your cleanup look?
21:18There's some gold in it
21:19It's just really hard to tell
21:21Like some of it was sitting on the top
21:23But we'll know a lot more
21:24When Chris gives us some numbers there
21:27How are you doing?
21:28Good
21:28Sorry for keeping you up so late
21:30All right, that was pretty fun
21:32That was fun
21:32This pile's going to go in a hurry
21:35Yeah
21:35Especially when you turn your feed rate up a bit
21:38What I'm worried about here
21:39Is like this pile being gone
21:40Before we have that stripped
21:42And they're able to start
21:42Hauling pay down to it
21:43Gotcha
21:44We're just trying to keep it going
21:46But it'd be really nice
21:47We could have some more trucks down here
21:48Just to try to make it
21:49By the time your water license runs out
21:51Exactly
21:52Sulfur Creek is historically gold rich
21:57But Plucker's water license expires this season
22:01If Sulfur isn't mined out this year
22:04He may lose any remaining gold forever
22:08I'll see what we can do
22:10And I'm supposed to go talk to Nona again
22:12So I can chat to her as well
22:13All right, thanks, dude
22:14No problem
22:15This project just keeps expanding
22:22And with that
22:23You need more resources
22:24With the time frame
22:25That we're working against here
22:26You know, let's talk to Parker
22:29He's learned a lot
22:30About dealing with people
22:31And problems over the years
22:33And he's certainly grown up a lot
22:34You know, you hear Parker
22:35Talking about wanting to have a family
22:38And I think Parker
22:39Would make a good dad
22:40Who knows
22:41Maybe one of these days
22:42You know, our kids will be out here
22:43Playing together
22:44Or moving dirt
22:46And finding gold
22:47One of the fun things about the job
22:53You get to a size
22:55And it reminds me of like
22:58Those like World War II movies
22:59When you've got all of the little like
23:01Battalions
23:01And the army on like the big map
23:04And they're like pushing them
23:05With those little like
23:06Craps sticks
23:07Brennan has way too much on his plate
23:11On the Indian River right now
23:12Mitch could use another truck or two
23:15Tyson could use another truck or two
23:18I don't know what I want
23:19I really don't know
23:21I usually like a bit more time
23:23To make a decision
23:25Before making the call
23:28On where to send his stripping crew
23:30Parker takes a detour
23:33To the Indian River
23:34This is the stretch of Indian River
23:37That we spent most of our time
23:39Putting our teeth on
23:41Not by our old camp
23:43That's where we started
23:44You know, with
23:45Little Blue
23:46That I bought from Todd Hoffman
23:48And then Big Red
23:50And then Goldzilla
23:52And then Slucifer
23:54Over the last decade
23:56Parker mined an astonishing
23:5860,000 ounces
24:00From claims on the Indian River
24:03In the early days
24:06I was scared to death of failing
24:09But I had the sense that
24:11Nobody cared
24:13Whether we succeeded or failed
24:14Which was just totally wrong
24:16And it caused me
24:18To be a very bad
24:19Manager
24:21And very
24:22Negative towards the people around me
24:28And it pushed a lot of
24:29Really good people away
24:30Like most things
24:31I had to learn
24:32The lessons the hard way
24:33This is our old camp
24:37On the Indian River
24:38And I just wanted to
24:39Peek inside here
24:40And see what kind of shape it's in
24:41I haven't been in it in two years
24:42Maybe even three
24:44Parker's purchase
24:50Of Dominion Creek
24:51Came with an existing campsite
24:54Making his old camp obsolete
24:56Well, that is outside
25:01Yeah, we stayed here for nine years
25:06We mined here for like 11 years
25:10But the first two years
25:13We stayed somewhere else
25:14This definitely brings back
25:16A lot of memories
25:17It's been gnarly in here
25:20Isn't it?
25:21Let's get out of here
25:22Before we get black mold
25:23In our lungs
25:24This was home
25:29From the time I was 18
25:30Until two years ago
25:31Right
25:32Twelve years
25:33Almost
25:34I stayed on that hill
25:36In a well site
25:37Moving trailers
25:39This remote
25:40Costs tens of thousands
25:42Of dollars
25:43And with nowhere to put them
25:45Parker has simply
25:46Mothballed the Indian River camp
25:49Until it's needed
25:50Now it's lunchtime
26:01See ya
26:06Coming up
26:10A lot of dreamers out there
26:11Who's that?
26:13Those are your old friends
26:15Is that the Hoffmans?
26:18Want to come up and learn a dance?
26:20But you had to
26:21It's getting a fair bit busier
26:36There's a lot going on up here
26:38And so
26:40We're trying to hit the ground
26:41Running for the next project
26:43His day nearly done
26:45Parker still needs to sell gold
26:48In Dawson City
26:49And make a decision
26:50On his stripping crew's
26:52Next project
26:53When we get like
26:56The main section
26:57Of Dominion mined out
26:58I really don't know
27:00What the company looks like
27:02For a mining company
27:04The size we are
27:05That's a little bit scary
27:07The idea of
27:09Closing down the business
27:10Scares me a lot
27:11The idea of
27:12Being here for another
27:1420 years
27:15Scares me a lot
27:16Now I'm going to see Chris
27:21I worry about Chris a bit
27:23You know
27:25He's not
27:25He's got some health issues
27:26As a
27:28Aging man
27:30With this material
27:32You can't push it
27:33Starting as Parker's
27:35Wash plant expert
27:36At age 61
27:38We have gold puddle
27:40After gold puddle
27:41After gold puddle
27:42Oh
27:43Oh now
27:45A back injury
27:46Forced Chris Dumit
27:48To become
27:49The gold room guru
27:50You've cleaned a lot of gold
27:52Down here
27:52And
27:53Parker confidant
27:55You're not going to sign this
27:56Are you
27:57Now
27:58Age 73
27:59Chris is Parker's
28:01Longest serving
28:02And oldest crew member
28:04Tank signing it
28:06He's still good at his job
28:12And he's
28:13A very important part
28:14Of the mine site
28:15I don't want to do it without him
28:17Hello
28:27Hey Parker
28:28How's it going
28:28Good how are you
28:29Good
28:29Busy
28:30Do you have some gold for me
28:32I do
28:32I'm going to bring that into town
28:33And
28:34Are you going to come with me
28:35Gerties
28:36Yeah
28:36Oh
28:36Ooh
28:37Ooh
28:38You're twisting my arm
28:40I'll go
28:40But there's something
28:41Other gold room
28:41I want to show you
28:42I'm messing with
28:43So
28:48I made that gold coin
28:50For you last year
28:50Yeah
28:51And I was thinking
28:52If we made small ones
28:53Right
28:54They'd be a lot more affordable
28:56That's cool
28:58Last year
29:00Caesar Parker
29:01Just novelish
29:03I know how you like
29:04Old Roman coins
29:05Chris started experimenting
29:07With casting custom gold coins
29:10As a gift for Parker
29:12Thank you Chris
29:13You bet
29:13I hope it brightens your day
29:15This one's a little bit lighter
29:19About a quarter of an ounce
29:21It has a P on it
29:22Oh wow
29:23So I'm trying different thicknesses
29:25For different weights
29:26Because a quarter ounce
29:28You're still at 900 bucks
29:31Yeah
29:31The thinner they get
29:33The harder they are to cast
29:34But if we had a press
29:36Yeah with a stamp
29:37You can make any size
29:38You know like
29:39They do coins
29:40Right
29:40Do you think people
29:42Would buy this?
29:43I think so
29:43I mean it's gold
29:44It's an investment right
29:46And the cool thing about it
29:47Is it's just like
29:47Straight out of the ground
29:48And you can ship it straight
29:50To people who are buying it
29:52Like retail
29:52Right
29:53I like that
29:54That's cool
29:55Very neat
29:56But I like that it's rough
29:59Okay
29:59Good
30:01Rustic
30:02Yeah
30:02In the carpentry trade
30:03It's like pirate gold
30:04Rustic
30:05We're getting a lot of interest
30:07For Parker's gold
30:08Probably some of the most famous gold
30:11On the planet
30:11So we're gonna
30:13Work on different ideas
30:14To see if we can't make it
30:16Affordable
30:17So that everybody has a chance
30:18To own some of Parker's gold
30:20And speaking of that
30:21We're gonna run off to town
30:23Sell some gold
30:24And see if we can't keep
30:25This company going
30:26To sell his gold
30:35In Dawson City
30:36Parker must drive
30:38More than 50 miles
30:39Over rough mining roads
30:42Through the historic gold fields
30:44That were once home
30:45To thousands of hopeful miners
30:47During the gold rush
30:49Kind of make you wonder
30:54What possesses a person
30:56From all these hills
30:58All this ground
30:59Go
31:00Hmm
31:00How much is gold right here?
31:04I think people explored
31:05All over the place
31:06There was tens of thousands
31:08Of people up here
31:09Wanting to gold mine
31:10Yeah
31:10So they just went
31:11To every creek around
31:12And started digging holes
31:14There were that many people
31:15Huh?
31:16During the gold rush?
31:17Yeah
31:17Yeah
31:17You're not aggressively
31:19Looking for ground
31:20Are you?
31:21Yeah
31:21There are very few properties
31:23That are big enough
31:26To appeal to us now
31:28There's more available
31:30For the mob and pop operation
31:31There is
31:32Than there is ours
31:33And there's little operations
31:34Sprouting up all over the place
31:36Yeah
31:36All I have
31:43A lot of dreamers out there
31:47Who's that?
31:52Oh yeah
31:53Those are your old friends
31:56I know this plant
32:00Is that the holy roller?
32:02Yeah
32:0316 years ago
32:06Feels like I'm coming home
32:07Todd Hoffman moved his first wash plan
32:10Onto his claim in Alaska
32:12Looks like a big piece of junk
32:14Under the watchful eye
32:16Of his young neighbor
32:17Parker Schnabel
32:19The holy roller
32:20After investing in a new trommel
32:23Todd lost a hundred ounce bet
32:26With Parker
32:27To see who
32:28Could mine more gold
32:30In a season
32:31It's not easy to do
32:32Hand a hundred ounces out
32:33But here you go Parker
32:35And ultimately
32:36Retired from gold miners
32:38A lot of dreamers
32:45A lot of dreamers
32:46Takes you back a hundred years
32:48Doesn't it?
32:49Wonder if he'll run into that guy
32:50Actually looks like
32:52A pretty nice plant
32:53I don't know
32:54Looks like a piece of junk to me
32:56Let's go to town
33:00And sell some gold
33:08Come here
33:12There's an old cabin right here
33:17With a big old time safe
33:21That's like got the doors blown off of it
33:23I've always wondered what the story is behind that
33:26It reminds me of a story that my grandpa told me
33:30This mining operation on Porcupine Creek in the 30s
33:35They had this big sluice box
33:38And they had just done a big clean up
33:40Got the gold
33:41That night
33:42Manager's dead in his house
33:44They go to open the safe
33:48And the gold's gone
33:49Nobody can find the gold
33:51And the company goes bankrupt
33:53Because they can't pay their bills
33:54To the best of my knowledge
33:56That's a true story
33:57Pretty cool, huh?
34:05I never really like to have too much gold on site
34:19And we've also got a lot of bills to pay
34:21To keep his operation going
34:23Parker's cashing in some gold
34:26Okay, let's do it
34:27Before he makes his final decision
34:30On where to send the stripping crew
34:33Normally you bring in more than this
34:35I do normally bring in more than this
34:37Start of season
34:38Darren Hunter is the premier gold buyer
34:42For Klondike Miners
34:43Can't wait for her to warm up
34:45Processing millions in gold every year
34:49So, how's the season going so far?
34:52What do you have right now?
34:53You have six cleanups a week?
34:56We do three
34:57Then a day off
34:57Then three
34:58Right
34:59And this is sulfur you said, Parker?
35:01Yeah
35:01It's way finer
35:07This is 99.8
35:08What did we bring sulfur in at?
35:12Do you remember, Parker?
35:1380
35:13Yeah
35:13So then you're right on target
35:1679 to 81
35:17Darren determines the cash value
35:20Based on the daily spot price per ounce
35:23And the gold's purity
35:25At 80% pure
35:27Parker's 99.8 ounces
35:30Is worth over a quarter of a million dollars
35:33So that's a purity
35:34But this is actually
35:35That's a purity of every creek around here?
35:36This is actually a pretty cool thing, yeah
35:38Those are the purities of every creek
35:41Some of those go back to the gold rush
35:43Because some of them haven't been
35:44Ruined since
35:46So those purities would be back from then
35:48This is cool
35:49All raw gold in the Yukon
35:53Has small amounts of other metals
35:55Like silver mixed in
35:57Also you can get it in this, Chris
35:59Oh
36:00Right there we are
36:02Little fake mine is property
36:07We made the book
36:07We're in the book
36:08In 2023
36:09They employ the best gold room a team
36:14The most humble gold cleaner
36:18Most humble gold room guy
36:20And the whole Yukon
36:21Always the cleanest gold I get, Chris
36:26Well thank you
36:27You're welcome
36:28It's always the cleanest
36:29Perfect
36:34Thank you very much
36:34And I will put that in your account
36:36Perfect
36:36Thanks a lot
36:38See you later
36:39Good to see you
36:39Thank you
36:39Alright
36:41We can go back to work
36:42Yep
36:43Or we can go to the casino
36:44I know what we should do
36:47I know what we're gonna do
36:49Casinos and dance halls
36:58Have sprung up in every gold rush boomtown in history
37:02You got your Gerties part?
37:03And Dawson City is no exception
37:06How's it going?
37:09Cool
37:09The iconic can-can dancers
37:12And professional gamblers
37:14Were masters at parting the miners
37:17From their hard-earned gold
37:19Hello there
37:25Want to come up and learn to dance?
37:26No
37:27It'll be so much fun
37:28I'm not doing that
37:29No
37:29I'm sorry
37:31I can't
37:31Now turn around
37:32Shake what your mother gave you
37:34Then turn back around
37:35Big finish
37:36Excellent
37:38Aren't they incredible?
37:43Oh I should have split them
37:45Thank you
37:46You missed our poker game last night
37:49Did you win?
37:51No I lost
37:52Brennan and Mitch won
37:54No
37:55It was Brennan, Mitch, Tyson and I
37:57We were up way too late
37:59But it was good
38:00To a good season
38:02To a good season
38:03To a good season
38:04Cheers
38:05Cheers
38:05Oh
38:09Sixteen
38:11Yeah
38:12Woohoo
38:13Staying and staying
38:14Dealer-esque
38:14So what did you guys talk about
38:15During your poker game?
38:17Talked about having kids
38:18Yeah?
38:19Are you thinking about baby making?
38:24I think you'd make a hell of a dad
38:25That's for sure
38:26I know you would
38:27I don't actually feel like
38:29I'm in that big of a rush
38:30But it is the one thing
38:31That's missing
38:32For sure
38:33I think that was probably one of the scariest moments of my life
38:37When I first became a dad
38:39I bet
38:40I would be scared
38:42Should I split the nines?
38:44This is such a bad idea
38:46Ten
38:47Twenty
38:48Yeah I think we're better gold miners than who are gamblers
38:52Parky
38:53Don't tell Nona about this
38:55Evan's no
38:55But I'm glad you're back
38:57But I'm glad you're back
38:57Yeah
38:58I think this is the year that I really felt my age
39:01Yeah
39:02Yeah
39:03When I get up here and I feel so much better
39:05Right
39:05I feel so much healthier
39:06I'm ready to go
39:08I'm ready to rock and roll
39:09I don't think that anybody else should tell you what is best for you
39:14Thank you
39:16I wasn't planning on talking to you about this
39:19But
39:19Like you understand the risks of being up here
39:21Yeah
39:22We're far away from a hospital
39:23Yeah
39:23Oh I see what you're saying
39:25Like that's your decision to make
39:27Yeah
39:27I don't want to be a liability
39:29But like you
39:29You're not a liability
39:30I don't care
39:31You die on the mine side
39:33We'll just bury you in a tailings pile
39:35Yeah
39:35And I would be
39:37Totally happy
39:38They put me in fine tailings
39:39Not course
39:40I just don't want you to ever feel like that's something that is an issue for me
39:46For you to be here
39:47Okay
39:48I said it years ago and as long as I can and as long as it's fun
39:53Yeah
39:54Right
39:55We won one
39:57Yeah
39:58Let's go
39:59Decline
40:01Is that your wife?
40:05No, no
40:05Oh, I do owe her an answer about a few things
40:10I gotta run
40:11Hello
40:13It's the end of the day
40:15I haven't heard back from you on the stripping crew
40:17Where would you like them to go?
40:20We're gonna keep the stripping crew at Dominion
40:22To help with all the projects that need to get done there
40:24Okay
40:25Dominion it is
40:26Dominion's the number one priority
40:28We have to take care of this year
40:30To stay on target
40:32For his 10,000 ounce season
40:34Parker's decided to keep his stripping crew
40:37Focused on the flagship Dominion Creek property
40:40Did you sell the gold today?
40:42Because we need that
40:43Yeah, of course I sold the gold
40:45And money will be on the account tomorrow
40:48Hope you had a great day off
40:49Talk to you later
40:50Good night
40:51So yeah, bit of a busy day
40:55But not too bad
40:56Nice to hang out with Chris in town
41:00That doesn't happen too often, actually
41:02We, um, chose the day well
41:05And, um
41:08Hi
41:11Bosco
41:13You good?
41:15Good night
41:16Good night, boys
41:16Good night
41:17Good night
41:18Good night
41:19Good night
41:20Good night
41:21Good night
41:22Good night
41:23Good night
41:24Good night
41:25Good night
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