Gold Rush- Alaska - Season 16 Episode 02- Eager Beavers
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00:00A great start to the season.
00:24New Manchester Stadfus is very, very early.
00:27And that's paid off. If you look at the gold price today,
00:31it is up almost another thousand bucks as well as it was last year.
00:36So that is very promising for this year.
00:39In his race to 6,500 ounces, Klondike kingpin Tony Beetz is off to a quick start.
00:48His early bird cut at Indian River has already delivered 417 ounces worth $1.5 million.
01:00I want to have two sides running.
01:05Mike is tripping Paradise Hill.
01:07So long as Mike gets loose in summer in June, I'll be happy.
01:10And then cousin Mike is running the Indian River.
01:14But there is more pressure on him to keep the plant rolling,
01:17keep that gold flowing in.
01:19We're going to go get together with cousin Mike
01:21to see what we're going to do this year.
01:23Look at this Camosa.
01:30The high water and everything.
01:33Hey cousin Mike, do you copy?
01:36Go ahead.
01:37I see nothing but the water.
01:39There's a lot of water coming into the cut.
01:42I do not, do not want to flood the cut.
01:46Shut off the plant.
01:47Shut off the plant.
01:48Shut off the plant.
01:49With this gold price, any time you shut down,
01:56you put loads of money.
01:59Let's see what the is happening.
02:06Fog water is running everywhere.
02:08Hey, hey, hey.
02:11You see that beaver there in the water?
02:13That's the culprit.
02:14That little .
02:16We better check around there
02:18where we let the water out in the pond.
02:23You see what's happening on that side of the pipe?
02:25The beaver overnight, he plugged that culvert up.
02:29So we'll have to fix it.
02:32Cousin Mike, do you copy?
02:34Go ahead, Tony.
02:36Keep him over there with an excavator, please.
02:38We got that beaver, plug that culvert.
02:40I'm going.
02:41I'm going.
02:42Hey, come back.
02:43At Indian River, the 13-acre early bird cut
02:48sits next to two connected settling ponds.
02:51These hold all the dirty sluice water from
02:55wash plant sluice-a-lot,
02:57discharged at 3,300 gallons a minute.
03:01But a beaver has plugged the culvert,
03:04connecting the two ponds.
03:07Unable to drain into the second pond,
03:09the first pond is quickly filled up
03:12and burst its banks.
03:15Water is now flooding into Tony's only gold-producing cut.
03:20I'm not.
03:23Be damned if we're going to get that beaver to me around.
03:31What we're doing, we'll take the excavator,
03:32you're going to stay into the bucket,
03:33see if you can poke it out.
03:34OK.
03:35Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
03:37Doesn't make it going to try with a stick,
03:48but they're plenty smarter than things.
03:57That beaver knows what he's doing.
03:59He plugged up the culvert pretty good.
04:01F***ing fever.
04:06Hurry the f*** up.
04:08Get that water under control.
04:20It ain't ever going to f***ing work.
04:24To access and clear the culvert,
04:27Tony will first need to get rid of the water.
04:32So what we're going to do,
04:33we're going to block this culvert off.
04:37Then what I'll do is I'll bend the water out
04:39and then we're going to see what the problem is.
04:46Now I'm just scooping out some water
04:48just to speed things up a little bit.
04:53And now we'll see what kind of sticks are in there
04:55and whatever.
05:02OK, good enough.
05:06We're lucky because sometimes they got logs in there.
05:11They got all kinds of crap in there.
05:13Let's scoop this up, get them sticks out.
05:21OK, I'm going to open it up.
05:31There it is.
05:34OK, fire up the plant.
05:46Bingo, we're back in business.
05:49There he goes.
05:51He just may move to a different pond.
05:53Yeah, move to Parker or something.
05:58Anyway, for now we have that cure.
06:00All we got to do is keep running.
06:02That's what makes the money.
06:03That's what makes the money.
06:25First muggy up to here?
06:27That's great.
06:29This is a encouraging cleanup.
06:32Just like his father, Tony, eldest son, Kevin Beats,
06:37is already turning dirt into dollars.
06:44Only one week into his second season as mine boss,
06:48he's already banked 57 ounces of his new 2,000 ounce target.
06:53We started sluicing so early because last year we left ourselves a good little piggy bank.
06:59Because the gold price being as high as she is,
07:01now there's extra incentive to have money coming in from the get-go.
07:05It is unfortunate that Brennan is gone.
07:08We relied on him quite heavily for keeping the cut in line,
07:10but we will make it work somehow.
07:18All right, guys, we had a very good start,
07:20but as you know, Brennan is not coming back this year,
07:23so I'll be down here in the cut a bit more often
07:26to provide more guidance and direction.
07:29So, Caden, you can be feeding the plant.
07:32Rick on tailings again.
07:34Chelsea, Ayla, and Tyler would get the rock trucks going to get a bit of stripping happening.
07:38Any comments, questions, or concerns?
07:40My only concern would be about wet paint and our potential jam up.
07:44Well, we really don't have the time to let it dry right now.
07:48Have to try and shove it through and see what it does.
07:50Okay.
07:52So, let us get to getting and get some gold.
07:55Caden's concerns about the wet paint weight against getting going.
07:59I think it is worth rolling the dice and just dealing with any issues as they arise.
08:02I think that Kevin's decision to run the wet paint is going to bite us in the ass in the long run.
08:13As spring temperatures begin to rise, Kevin's thawing paint pile is becoming sloppy.
08:21Wet paint.
08:23It's skipping the belt.
08:24And proving problematic for 23-year-old local mechanic and operator, Caden's foot.
08:32The pay is so wet, the belt slips on it.
08:36It just doesn't pick it up.
08:38I don't know why he's choosing to do this, but it's making my patience run fit.
08:43Poor planning causes piss-poor production, which leads to piss-poor results.
08:49What?
08:52Oh, .
08:56It's wet paint, man.
09:14Hey, Kevin, got a copy? Kevin?
09:16Go for Kevin.
09:18Go for Kevin.
09:20The roller on the feeder.
09:23The drive wheel was spinning, but the belt wasn't.
09:26It's soaking wet.
09:28So I shut everything down.
09:30Okay.
09:32See that?
09:34Wet mud.
09:36Can't run that.
09:38Jams up the feeder, creates the drive belt to just spin.
09:43Endless problems.
09:44Can't run wet soup.
09:48I just dumped a bucket in when installed.
09:50Gotcha.
09:52But it was, like, soaking wet.
09:54Yeah.
09:56If we spread the material, it would dry out within a day or two.
09:59It's better than fighting constant shutdowns.
10:01Ugh, no.
10:02A lot of that is just feeding it in less quickly, and there will be less .
10:04We just have to make it work.
10:06Clean out the wheel, and after that, we'll get back to sluicing.
10:07Your call, boss.
10:09The wet pay is slopping over the side of the hopper feed.
10:11The wet pay is slopping over the side of the hopper feed.
10:14the hopper feeders' first conveyor belt, onto its drive wheel below.
10:15The wet pay is slopping over the side of the hopper feeders' first conveyor belt, onto its drive wheel below.
10:16Making it too slippery to grip.
10:17The wet pay is slopping over the side of the hopper feeders' first conveyor belt, onto its drive wheel below.
10:26The wet pay is slopping over the side of the hopper feeders' first conveyor belt, onto its drive wheel below, making it too slippery to grip and push the heavy dirt up the conveyor belt, stopping it from feeding pay onto the second conveyor and into the wash plan.
10:56Kevin's quick fix?
10:58Use 4,000 pounds per square inch of high-pressure hot water to blast away the mud.
11:05Then, fire up the plant and feed the pay at a slower rate.
11:20I really miss working with Brennan.
11:22He's my friend.
11:23He was super nice, supportive.
11:26And with Kevin, I feel like I'm disrespected.
11:29Whenever I bring something to his attention, nothing ever happens.
11:33He hired me on as a mechanic, and now I'm stuck doing this .
11:40Like, why are we struggling like this?
11:50It's really pissing me off.
11:52It's been a tough start to the season.
12:02The whole Duncan Creek water license thing, it's like beating a dead horse.
12:07Gold prices are great right now, and I have to make a move on this Lightning Creek option.
12:23It's either, you know, gone or, you know, sit here and cry about it, which we're not going to do.
12:2844-year-old mine boss Rick Ness is in survival mode.
12:34With red tape preventing him from running a stockpile of gold on his own claim, he has just one choice.
12:41Go back to leasing ground from his old landlord.
12:45It's Troy Taylor's ground, so I'm going to talk to Troy right now and see if we can come up with a deal.
12:50Quite honestly, I need it.
12:51I can't afford to not get gold this year.
12:53If Rick can cut a deal for the ground at Lightning Creek, he'll once again pay Troy a percentage on any gold he mines.
13:04Troy. Hey, Rick. How you doing, man?
13:06Come on in.
13:10What's happening out there?
13:12I'm here to make a deal.
13:14Yeah, let's talk. What are you thinking?
13:17I guess we're going to talk about royalties.
13:20I'm looking for 10%.
13:24Yeah, well, things have changed.
13:29So what were you thinking?
13:32The royalty is 20%, Rick.
13:34Holy .
13:39I mean, that's a lot of money.
13:42I'd be taking all the risk from you and you'd be making more.
13:45What if we said 15?
13:51I get that, but there's less royalty.
13:54You know how it is with water licenses in demand.
13:57There is a lot of people more than ever showing interest right now.
14:00Yeah.
14:01So.
14:04Yeah.
14:05You're right about that.
14:06But, like, how many of these people have you worked with?
14:08These people can promise you 20%.
14:09Well, what are they going to actually put in your hand?
14:12We've been working together for, you know, six years now.
14:14And if I say I can put good gold in your hand, that's what you're going to get.
14:17I don't know.
14:22Yeah.
14:23I know what you can do.
14:27So I'm okay with 15%.
14:30Think we got a good deal?
14:33All right, Troy.
14:34Rick must pay Troy 5% more royalties than he used to
14:39and owes him $350,000 no matter what kind of gold he finds.
14:45But he finally has ground for this season.
14:50We got a spot to go mining.
14:52I didn't get the 20%, but I've got a minimum 100 ounces,
14:55and I'm going to be involved on a regular basis up there, so it's good.
14:59At the end of the day, is this the deal that I wanted to make?
15:01No.
15:02Of course, I wanted to be mining my own ground, but you know what?
15:05We've got the deal made to be able to mine on Lightning Creek,
15:07so it's time to get on some gold.
15:15100 miles away.
15:20Your timing is perfect, because I'm in the middle of going through hiring right now,
15:26and having people that have some experience up here is a huge benefit.
15:31Like, I have a spot for you 100%.
15:33All right, well, welcome aboard.
15:40Thank you very much. Look forward to working with you.
15:43Yeah, no, it'll be good.
15:44When you get here, we'll take you on a tour and wash some rocks.
15:48Awesome.
15:49All right, thanks, man.
15:50Have a great day.
15:51See you soon.
15:52Awesome.
15:56Tired.
15:58Parker Schnabel is at it again.
16:01Having already poached Kevin's foreman, Brennan Ruhle,
16:05he's now hiring Kevin's key operator and mechanic, Caden Foote.
16:10Caden's going to be a great addition to the place.
16:12When it comes to poaching people, everybody's trying to do it.
16:16So I just don't know, am I the worst offender, or am I just the most successful at it?
16:22Right?
16:29Got the job.
16:31Feels great.
16:32In my eyes, he's the king of the Klondike.
16:36But the most nerve-wracking part is going to be when I tell Kevin and Faith I'm leaving.
16:41That's the one thing I'm dreading is that conversation.
16:52I want to talk to you in faith.
16:53Okay.
16:54Really quick because I do have to run.
16:55What's up?
16:57What's up?
16:58So I just...
16:59It's a sad, hard thing for me.
17:00I mean, it's...
17:01I'm just trying to do what I think is right.
17:02And...
17:03So I just...
17:04It's a sad, hard thing for me.
17:06I mean, it's...
17:07I'm just trying to do what I think is right.
17:08And...
17:09So I got a job offer from Parker that I couldn't turn down.
17:13It's a s**t thing.
17:14It's a s**t thing.
17:15It really is.
17:16It's a s**t thing.
17:17It's a s**t thing.
17:18It's a s**t thing.
17:19It's a s**t thing.
17:20It's a s**t thing for me.
17:21I mean, it's...
17:22I'm just trying to do what I think is right.
17:26And...
17:27So I got a job offer from Parker that I couldn't turn down.
17:40It's a s**t thing.
17:42It really is.
17:43But I just...
17:45I have to move over.
17:48Yeah.
17:49It was definitely a tense and stressful conversation.
18:00I'm feeling a little upset.
18:02But I'm also excited for my future.
18:08Ah, s**t.
18:10It's a bit of a shock.
18:11I did not really expect him to...
18:14of the moose.
18:16Between Brendan and Caden, like...
18:18It's gonna make the 2,000 ounce goal...
18:21A lot more f**king work.
18:37Things are going all right.
18:39Gold prices are up a thousand bucks an ounce.
18:42Dominion has a lot of sluicing that needs to get done.
18:45It's time to make hay while the sun shines.
18:48Gold mining mogul Parker Schnabel is gunning for a record-breaking season.
18:54To cash in on the sky-high gold price,
18:57he's chasing a massive 10,000 ounce, $35 million prize.
19:03You know, a big key to hitting our goal this year is gonna be
19:07just getting plants running early as we can and keeping them running.
19:11People need to understand what the responsibilities and expectations are.
19:16And, you know, they need to be met.
19:20To hit his ambitious target,
19:24Parker's tasked his two lieutenants with sluicing more pater than ever before.
19:30At Sulfur Creek, Mitch Blaschke is stripping a two-acre cut,
19:38hunting pockets of gold left behind by old-timers.
19:42You know, this cut is almost half a mile long.
19:45It's just a lot on it. Everybody's played each day.
19:49But we're making good progress here at Sulfur.
19:54At Parker's main operation on Dominion,
19:58Tyson Lee is in charge of two enormous cuts.
20:03The 114-acre bridge cut, where wash plant Bob is already sluicing,
20:09and the new 52-acre Golden Mile,
20:13where drill results indicate the cut could hold up to $12 million in gold.
20:21We're gonna run four plants this year.
20:23There's a lot of work to do to get to that point.
20:26Last week, Tyson got Bob fired up in the bridge cut.
20:29Now it's a matter of getting sluicing set up in Golden Mile.
20:33Alec and Liam have done a complete rebuild on the plant,
20:36so we'll see if we can resurrect her.
20:43Right now, I'm getting pulled in polar opposite directions
20:46with Bob and Sluicifer.
20:48Parker wants Sluicifer running by the end of the week.
20:51There's a lot going on and not much time to do with it.
20:55To help Tyson get Sluicifer running,
20:57Parker's throwing him the newest recruit.
21:03Hello. Hello.
21:05Kevin Beat's former operator, Caden.
21:08How's it going?
21:09I'm good.
21:10So we gotta get Sluicifer's water recirculation system going.
21:14Okay.
21:15So we need to have these culverts in,
21:17road activated by the end of the day,
21:19so we can get Sluicifer in,
21:20have two wash plants running on Dominion,
21:22and keep Parker happy.
21:24Absolutely. Sounds like a plan. Thanks, Tyson.
21:27In the bridge cut,
21:29wash plant Bob has been running for a week,
21:32bringing in 126 ounces in gold.
21:36Now, one and a half miles north,
21:39Tyson must get the golden mile, producing two.
21:44First, Tyson needs Caden to dig up the only access road to the cut
21:50and install a set of culverts for sluice water to pass through.
21:55Once complete, Tyson will move Sluicifer from Parker's yard
22:00three miles to the golden mile cut
22:03and fire up the plant for the first time in two years.
22:08Today's my first day working for Parker.
22:23That's a pretty big responsibility that Tyson has given me.
22:28I just can't up.
22:30I'm working in this really fine wet material that's just like quicksand,
22:35so you've just got to be very cautious or that will sink you.
22:40Just a little love tap. Get her level.
22:47Gentle.
22:49Gentle.
22:53Oh no.
22:55I think I'm sinking.
22:57Nope. She's in there.
23:07I can't get out of this.
23:11F***.
23:16Hey, Tyson, got a coffee? Tyson?
23:19Yeah, go ahead.
23:21Yeah, I f***ed up.
23:22I sunk the 480.
23:23I'm going to need your help with another hoe to get this thing out.
23:27It's buried in there like top of the track frames.
23:31I'll be there as soon as possible.
23:36Hopefully this excavator isn't very stuck,
23:39because I got better s*** to be doing.
23:43Never sunk a hoe before.
23:45I'm sorry.
23:58It's the first hoe I've ever sunk.
24:02Let me just get in here for a sec and see what we can do.
24:06Without this road being reactivated, we can't get Sleucifer up and running.
24:17So I've got to get this thing out.
24:20Sure did a number on that one.
24:24I hope this isn't what gets me fired.
24:28Right now we're just seeing if it can lift itself.
24:33Seems to be able to.
24:36It's a good sign.
24:50Looks like he got her.
24:54Everyone has first day nerves.
24:56But, you know, hopefully this is a lesson learned for Caden.
25:00You know?
25:01All good.
25:03Thank you so much.
25:04I'll get that culvert in.
25:06No worries, dude.
25:10Tyson's a really great guy.
25:12I'm happy that he got it out.
25:14But at the same time, I'm annoyed that he was able to do it.
25:19And I couldn't.
25:21That definitely makes me feel like I always have more to learn.
25:25I'm about to throw our culvert in.
25:27And boom!
25:29Just like that, baby.
25:37Now, time to do a little bit of backfilling.
25:42Clean up the road.
25:44Good enough.
25:45Tyson can now move Slucifer into the Golden Mile, and we'll soon find out how much his new cut will pay out.
25:59One step in the right direction.
26:01Let's take her home.
26:02Let's try and get some dirt going through her by the end of the week for Parker.
26:04We've got a deal on Lightning Creek.
26:20Troy drove a hard bargain.
26:22Is it a risk?
26:23Absolutely, but with the gold prices right now, now's the time to strike.
26:27Time is on the essence.
26:28In the mountains above Keno, Rick Ness is back in the game, having secured a lease on Lightning Creek.
26:36Now we just gotta get the gold.
26:38Today we're gonna start moving the gear down there.
26:40Get our excavators down there, our trucks, and hopefully by the end of the day, we're breaking dirt at Lightning Creek, and that's all that matters.
26:45Come on, man.
26:52What we got here?
26:54Who's that?
26:55Rick's best friend.
26:58Oh, Zee!
27:00Zee Zaremba and a new recruit have arrived.
27:04You guys just see you, buddy.
27:08How you doing, Rick?
27:09Hey, I'm Guy.
27:10Guy.
27:11This is the one I was telling you about.
27:12To bolster Rick's skeleton crew, Zee has brought along new recruit, Kai Shallcross.
27:19Have you ever run a six-wheel drive off-road truck?
27:21No, I haven't.
27:24I think the biggest piece of equipment I've driven is probably like a mini excavator.
27:31Uh, let's just start.
27:34Good kid?
27:35Yeah, good kid.
27:39I say let's get to Lightning Creek and get to mining.
27:41All right.
27:42All right, I'm ready.
27:43Sick.
27:44All right, let's go.
27:51Let's go!
27:52Copy that.
27:54To get on the gold, Rick needs to move his fleet of big iron from Duncan Creek, eight miles northwest, to his new, least 1,600-acre claim at Lightning Creek, where he hopes to pick up the trail of gold near its source at Mount Hinton.
28:12Finally going to be able to go move some dirt, eh?
28:13Yeah.
28:14We'll get some gold in the box.
28:1518,000 ounces, boys.
28:19It's good to see Rick going gung-ho, as always.
28:20I mean, every season, it seems like there's a new hurdle for him, but he overcomes it.
28:24Either he's really good at what he does, or luck, or a little bit of bulk.
28:25Four hours later.
28:26He's got to be able to go move some dirt, eh?
28:27Yeah.
28:28We'll get some gold in the box.
28:2918,000 ounces, boys.
28:35It's good to see Rick going gung-ho, as always.
28:37I mean, every season, it seems like there's a new hurdle for him, but he overcomes it.
28:42Either he's really good at what he does, or luck, or a little bit of bulk.
28:45Four hours later.
28:55Hey, Rick, are we there yet?
28:58Yeah, we're here.
29:01Awesome.
29:02Well, we're at Lightning Creek.
29:07Let's talk about a plan here.
29:12So we've got, yeah, a lot to figure out, but I don't think it's going to be that technically difficult.
29:17It's supposed to be 12 to 15 feet of pay, with five feet of overburden on top of it.
29:22But I think that we're up for it.
29:24I don't know what you guys think.
29:25Yeah, absolutely.
29:26You got a name picked out for this spot yet?
29:29Well, from above, it actually looks a bit like a diamond, so I was looking at the diamond cut.
29:33There's some stuff to figure out yet, I'm not going to lie, but this is the year to swing for the fences.
29:37So I'd say, let's get down here and start slinging dirt.
29:40Great.
29:41All right, sounds good.
29:48Rick's first targeting, a two-acre area, Troy began stripping last season.
29:56Everyone's been sitting around, and this is what they've been waiting for.
29:59Time to go.
30:01And he'll have to navigate Kino's notoriously spotty ground on a new plane.
30:08We don't have the best situation to deal with here.
30:11We've got a short season to kind of figure out where the gold is.
30:14We need to get over 100 ounces a week.
30:15Can we pull it from this valley?
30:17It could be spotty, and if we dig in the wrong spot, we may not find gold at all.
30:21And if you dig in the right spot, we might hit it, you know?
30:24So it's exciting and nauseating at the same time.
30:28It's a monumental day out here.
30:48We're going to get slucifer set up on Dominion for the first time.
30:53It's about time we knock the rust off her and get her back to work.
30:57At Parker Schnabels...
30:58Want to jump in the loader and I'll eye up?
31:01Tyson and his crew are ready to move wash plant slucifer to the Golden Mile.
31:06This plant was the plant I learned on, and it's the plant that's going to make us a lot of money this year.
31:13Yo, Alec!
31:22Is everyone clear?
31:23Yeah?
31:24Yeah.
31:32Hey, you know slucifer is my baby girl and I'm dragging her home.
31:35Let's go.
31:36We've got some work to do, girl.
31:38You're there?
31:40Tailing's conveyor.
31:45Yeah, Tyson, walk forwards.
31:48And sluice runs mounted.
31:50There we go.
31:52All right, we're going to pull slucifer up the hill.
31:55Tyson pulls the fully assembled 45-ton beast 100 feet onto the pad.
32:05I've just got to spin slucifer into place.
32:09Come on!
32:10Let's go!
32:11We've got about five feet now.
32:12That's pretty much there.
32:14Guys, we really killed it here.
32:15We got slucifer up to the Golden Mile.
32:16Let's get her done.
32:17Definitely.
32:18Nice work.
32:19And stop there.
32:20Two years since she last washed rocks, slucifer is ready to catch an estimated 3,500 ounces buried in the Golden Mile.
32:27This is the first time that slucifer is fired up on Dominion, so that's cool.
32:42Some of that ground is looking really good.
32:43Let's hope it mines that way.
32:44Who wants to do the honors?
32:45You press the compare.
32:46You press the shaker.
32:47Ready?
32:48Let's go.
32:49Let's go.
32:50Hey Sandy, start feeding.
32:51Make this one count.
32:53Hey Sandy, start feeding.
32:54Make this one count.
32:55Woo!
32:57First time coming, yeah.
32:58He's good.
32:59Okay.
33:00It's already made, and he's got him out there.
33:01Not at all.
33:02And...
33:03How about you?
33:04...the fishing on the ground is looking really good.
33:06Let's hope it mines that way.
33:07Who wants to do the honors?
33:08You press the compare.
33:09You press the shaker.
33:10Ready?
33:12Let's go.
33:14Hey Sandy, start feeding.
33:17Make this one count.
33:18Woo!
33:22This is a moment I never thought would happen.
33:37Lucifer's firing back up on Dominion.
33:40First time of the season.
33:45How's she running?
33:47Pretty darn smooth.
33:49Hopefully it stays that way.
33:50Good job with this setup, dude.
33:52Thanks, man.
33:54I gotta go.
33:56See you guys.
33:56Good job.
33:57You guys are killing it.
34:01Nice work, guys.
34:04Watch plant number two up and running.
34:06Two down, two to go.
34:08We got the two main ones running.
34:10That's what matters.
34:13Hopefully we find some gold.
34:20So I just arrived here at Lucifer.
34:28So we're doing the first cleanup since 2023.
34:31I heard there might be a lot of gold in the runs, but we're about to find out.
34:37Parker's trusted wash plant, Lucifer, has been running Golden Mile pay for 24 hours.
34:44Hey there, young man.
34:46Hey, Chris.
34:46How's it going?
34:47I have a lot of good memories right here.
34:49Yeah.
34:50We had that 400-ouncer in here.
34:52That was awesome.
34:54That was so fun.
34:55I was talking to my dad yesterday.
34:57I was telling him everything that we've got going on, and he's like,
34:59Hi, is Chris going to be able to keep up in that gold room of his?
35:03And I'm like, I hope not.
35:04Yeah.
35:05No, I'm going to fight you tooth and nail.
35:07I'm going to push you guys hard.
35:16Hi, guys.
35:19Hello.
35:21So how are you doing on the hill, Mike?
35:23I have a thought I got a strip.
35:25So I've got a lot to do.
35:27How's it going out here?
35:29Pretty good.
35:30I hear you guys are having a little bit of trouble with the beavers.
35:33Well, yeah.
35:34Beaver cured, water cured, so it's good.
35:37Yeah.
35:38So what do you think?
35:39Should we weigh some gold?
35:40Sure, let's weigh it out.
35:41Cool.
35:42Despite the beavers shutting down their only working wash plant for half a day,
35:49Tony expects the Indian River's early bird cut to deliver around 250 ounces.
35:565, 10, 15, 20, 30, 50, 80, 120, 150, 180, 190, 200.
36:12214.6.
36:16It's below target, but still worth almost three quarters of a million dollars
36:22and brings the beavers total to 632 ounces, nearly a tenth of Tony's season gold.
36:31That's not bad.
36:32No, it's doing pretty good.
36:33Keep it up.
36:34I kind of like it.
36:35Don't come back when anything lasts.
36:38Not bad holidays early in the season, right?
36:40Not bad at all.
36:41And at this price, I mean, what does it take to make a million bucks?
36:45Nothing.
36:46Okay, you guys all should go back to work.
36:48See you.
36:49See you later.
37:00At Scribner, Kevin Beetz has visitors for his second gold way of the season.
37:06Hi, family.
37:07Hi, Sam.
37:08How's your season going so far, guys?
37:13It's long.
37:13Tired.
37:14Having lost two key crew members in two weeks, Kevin's about to find out if it's damaged his
37:22chances of hitting his 2,000-ounce target.
37:25Well, we drove by and you guys are so thin.
37:28Yeah.
37:28Yeah.
37:28We, unfortunately, lost Caden.
37:30Yeah.
37:30Really?
37:31Yeah.
37:31That kind of sucked.
37:32I thought he was quite happy here.
37:34Some things didn't quite work out, so he moved over to Parker's.
37:37You know how I look at that, right?
37:39There's always other people.
37:41Nobody cares.
37:41Get the next one.
37:42Right?
37:43Such a caring man.
37:45Well, I thought so.
37:48At least on the bright side, we have some gold.
37:51Two way up.
37:52Let's weigh it up.
37:53Let's find out.
37:54Kevin spent a week sluicing wet pay from his stockpiled piggy bank.
37:59To stay on target, he needs 88 ounces a week.
38:06One, five, ten, 24, 34, 44, 46, 48.46.
38:19Worth $170,000.
38:22Just over 100 ounces for the season so far.
38:25I mean, obviously, we'd like to see some bigger numbers, so we'll do what we can.
38:28Plenty of time left to make up.
38:29Yeah.
38:30So, yes, siri.
38:32Anyways, we should all get back to work.
38:33You sound like my wife, for sake.
38:35She does that all the time, too.
38:36You know what?
38:37Faith, it works really well.
38:39Bye, guys.
38:40See you.
38:40Later.
38:42It was lovely to see everyone.
38:43It was great.
38:44You guys have a bit more on the scale next time, but it'll come with time.
38:48We'll get there.
38:58Oh, yeah.
39:00Whoa.
39:03Are you going to behave?
39:05Looks like he's in a behaving mood.
39:08What's up, buddy?
39:09After getting Slucifer up and running, Parker's hoping for a big uptick in gold.
39:16You had quite a week, it sounds like.
39:17Yeah.
39:18Yeah, well, you hired on Caden.
39:21Yeah.
39:22One of Kevin's old employees, right?
39:24Yeah.
39:27So is Kevin even going to have a crew left by the time we're done here?
39:31I worked with him last year.
39:33He's a good kid.
39:33Like, he's a hard worker.
39:36So we got two plants going.
39:37You want to see how we're doing?
39:38Yeah.
39:39You want to read this one out?
39:40Here we go.
39:41This one's Bob.
39:42Last week, Bob delivered 126 ounces.
39:47Parker's hoping it's picked up the pace.
39:51We've got 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 150, 161.8.
40:05You're not really racing out of the starting gate.
40:09But it puts us in a lot better shape than where we were last year.
40:14I got sluice.
40:15Finally got sluice up and running.
40:16Yeah, first time on Dominion.
40:18Let's see how it did.
40:19Running the Golden Mile for three days.
40:22This is Parker's first chance to see how the new cut will pay out.
40:28So there's definitely some rich ground over there.
40:30I'm excited for that.
40:32Here we go.
40:3310, 20, 50, 70, 100, 110, 112.1.
40:44Nice.
40:45Not bad.
40:46Not bad at all.
40:47For the week, we got 273.9 ounces.
40:51Worth just under a million dollars.
40:55For the season, it's 399.7.
41:00Still a long ways to go.
41:01And you guys will have a third one fired up this week, probably, huh?
41:05Maybe two weeks.
41:07We better get home and find some more gold, Tyson.
41:09Get us rolling.
41:10Yeah, you guys better start pulling your weight around here.
41:14You know, it's great to have two wash plants running on Dominion, but we really need a third.
41:18Then we can really start getting some good numbers coming in.
41:21OK.
41:30We'll see you next time.
41:30Bye.
41:31Bye.
41:32We'll see you next time.
41:33Bye.
41:34Bye.
41:34Bye.
41:36Bye.
41:42Bye.
41:43Bye.
41:44Bye.
41:44Bye.
41:45Bye.
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