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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.
00:26:36We'll find a place to work.
00:26:37I want to go.
00:26:38I want to go.
00:26:39I want to go.
00:26:40I want to go.
00:26:41I want to go.
00:26:42I want to go.
00:26:43OK.
00:26:44Chelsea, you ready?
00:26:45I'm ready.
00:26:46I'm ready.
00:26:47Gaiden, you ready?
00:26:48Yep.
00:26:49I'm ready.
00:26:50All right, then, folks.
00:26:51Screen Rec is turning on first time for the season.
00:26:52Let's go.
00:26:53Caden, you ready?
00:26:55Yep, ready.
00:26:56Alright then folks, Screen Rec is turning on, first time for the season.
00:27:00Let's go!
00:27:10First scoop of pay going in for the season.
00:27:16Beauty!
00:27:1820-25, here comes the gold.
00:27:21At Scribner Creek, just like his father Tony,
00:27:26second year mine boss Kevin Beetz is ahead of the pack.
00:27:31Feels really good to sluice this early.
00:27:33Especially after last year.
00:27:35It's nice to see it running.
00:27:41You want to look at some iron, do you?
00:27:44Can we have this one?
00:27:45Last season, with a little help from Dad.
00:27:48Three, two, one.
00:27:50Oh!
00:27:52Woo!
00:27:53Yeah!
00:27:54Kevin plunged his life savings into his own operation.
00:27:58This 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.
00:28:05Overall, I think it's a pretty good day.
00:28:07But almost from the get-go.
00:28:09I'm trying to help you here, and you're talking over me.
00:28:12Tempers flared.
00:28:14You can stop being a .
00:28:16It's not fun to work with.
00:28:18Until Foreman Brennan Ruo took control of the crew.
00:28:22You don't want to hear it?
00:28:24I want this to be squashed.
00:28:25I just know.
00:28:26And the cuts.
00:28:28Yes!
00:28:29Finally!
00:28:30Much better.
00:28:31So nice work.
00:28:32Keep it going.
00:28:33Helping them score.
00:28:34Let there be gold.
00:28:35Beautiful.
00:28:36A big payday.
00:28:37Yay, money!
00:28:38It's nice to be in the upswing, honestly.
00:28:41We made the right call of getting away from Tony's.
00:28:44I'm feeling really good about this year.
00:28:45I think we're off to a strong start.
00:28:47Which is good, because we have a big goal this year, 2,000 ounces.
00:28:50I figure may as well go double what we did last year, aim big.
00:28:53And with gold prices being as high as they are,
00:28:55if there's any time we're going to win, we're going to win.
00:28:57We're going to win.
00:28:58We're going to win.
00:28:59We're going to win.
00:29:00We're going to win.
00:29:01We're going to win.
00:29:02We're going to win.
00:29:03We're going to win.
00:29:04We're going to win.
00:29:05We're going to win.
00:29:06Kevin's mission this year is to double his gold target and 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.
00:29:32So day one's losing.
00:29:34This is going to hopefully continue on well.
00:29:38Last year, I was pretty frustrated out here with how much we're shutting down.
00:29:44But Brennan, he knows what he's doing.
00:29:47It'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.
00:29:55And Brennan should be showing up soon.
00:29:57Oh, it feels good to be back in the Yukon.
00:30:04This feels like my second home.
00:30:16Howdy, stranger.
00:30:17How's it going, guys?
00:30:18Oh, it's .
00:30:19Right on.
00:30:20We're wondering where the you're at.
00:30:21Nice to see you, pal.
00:30:22So, what's up?
00:30:23We're starting to wonder.
00:30:24We haven't heard from you in a bit.
00:30:25Yeah.
00:30:26Um.
00:30:27Um.
00:30:28I ended up getting a phone call there that I wasn't expecting to get.
00:30:41Um, of another job offer.
00:30:45Um.
00:30:46And, uh, it was a pretty good job offer.
00:30:52So, I've leaned towards taking that position.
00:31:04Who offer you the job?
00:31:06Well, Parker ended up calling me there, which I was completely not expecting.
00:31:12Same.
00:31:13Yeah.
00:31:14Um.
00:31:15Really?
00:31:16Back with Parker?
00:31:18It was not, you know, there's just a few things in the offer that really align to what
00:31:25my future, where I kind of see myself being in some goals that I have set, you know what
00:31:29I mean?
00:31:30No.
00:31:34I wish he at least told us earlier so that we can plan.
00:31:36If I had have known a lot sooner, I would have said it a lot sooner, right?
00:31:42Uh.
00:31:43Uh.
00:31:44There's not really much we can offer you to get you back here this year, I guess, eh?
00:31:48I've kind of already agreed to it.
00:31:49Well, thank you for stopping by and telling us some f***ing wrestling.
00:32:00Okay, guys.
00:32:01Well, you guys have a wicked season.
00:32:02We'll see ya.
00:32:03See ya.
00:32:04See ya.
00:32:09Well then.
00:32:122,000 ounces without the foreman is gonna be a bit more of a project then, isn't it?
00:32:18It is gonna hurt to find someone with Brennan's experience that you can rely on.
00:32:21If they're good, they've got a job.
00:32:24Maybe we should go poaching too.
00:32:28Hmm.
00:32:29We're down to the last bit of ice here in the bridge.
00:32:48Once we get that out of here, that means I can start getting Bob ready to sluice.
00:32:54Three days into his ice-moving marathon, Tyson's under the gun.
00:33:01Parker's given me and I've taken on more than I've ever taken on working here before.
00:33:09Can I do it?
00:33:10I don't know.
00:33:11But am I willing to find out?
00:33:13Yeah, it could have cost him my job.
00:33:15100%.
00:33:17But I hope it doesn't.
00:33:21If it does, I'll be flipping burgers.
00:33:23Don't visit me at the drive-thru.
00:33:26And yes, I will be spitting in them.
00:33:32A 25-mile drive northwest.
00:33:35I'm down here at Sulphur just trying to get this cut opened up.
00:33:40This cut's 2,000 feet long.
00:33:42It's probably big enough to land a small airplane on.
00:33:45For a lot of miners, this would be their whole season with multiple people working on it.
00:33:54And right now I'm down here jumping from the dozer to the excavator, back and forth ripping.
00:33:59Mitch has a 2-acre strip to mine out in just 10 weeks before Parker's water license runs out.
00:34:08If he fails, he'll be forced to leave gold behind.
00:34:13The time frame down here is definitely my biggest concern.
00:34:15This water license is getting closer to expire by the minute.
00:34:20And yet, I'm the only one down here.
00:34:32Look who we got here.
00:34:33Oh, hey man, what's up?
00:34:42Not much, my friend.
00:34:43How are you?
00:34:45Oh, busy.
00:34:47Good to see you, pal.
00:34:48Come on.
00:34:49I'll give you one.
00:34:53Oh, just don't let nobody tell anybody that.
00:34:55Yeah, keep that off the radio.
00:34:58What's your plans?
00:34:59Well, Parker poached me.
00:35:02He sent me up here to come to work with you.
00:35:04I'm serious.
00:35:06No way, man.
00:35:07Yeah, buddy.
00:35:08All right.
00:35:09He said to me specifically, you and Mitch worked so good together.
00:35:12I 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.
00:35:18I can't believe you didn't tell me.
00:35:22Brennan and Mitch...
00:35:24It's the last scoop.
00:35:25Yeah.
00:35:26...were mining buddies on Parker's Scribner Creek claim.
00:35:30Yeah, buddy.
00:35:31F*** yeah.
00:35:32Nice work.
00:35:33Yeah, you too, man.
00:35:34They became co-foremen.
00:35:36That is perfect.
00:35:38And a bromance blossomed.
00:35:40F*** are we good.
00:35:41What a nice feeling.
00:35:42Brennan, hurry up.
00:35:44You've had five f***ing days to get this done.
00:35:47F*** sakes.
00:35:48You're in charge or are you not in charge?
00:35:50Until five years ago when Brennan quit after falling out with Parker.
00:35:56So f*** over this whole f***, man.
00:36:00Dude, we've moved a lot of dirt in this year.
00:36:02Let me tell you what.
00:36:03We 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 just got to rip this edge.
00:36:10I'm going to start throwing everything back.
00:36:12Okay.
00:36:13Well, I'm excited, buddy.
00:36:14It's time to boost some dirt.
00:36:28Dude, it's unreal to have you back here.
00:36:30Christmas came early.
00:36:33In all the years I've been gone, I've missed working with you every f***ing day of it, buddy.
00:36:37Oh, you're probably back because you heard we got taco Tuesday.
00:36:41You did mention you guys got a really good cook, so that was a big plus for me.
00:36:53Oh, that looks like Parker.
00:37:03How's it going?
00:37:04Hey, welcome back.
00:37:05Thanks, pal.
00:37:08Okay.
00:37:09I think the sulfur project is kind of an interesting one because 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.
00:37:22This, 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.
00:37:32This is a totally different type of mine in this, see?
00:37:35Three quarters of a century ago, old timers used a dredge to mine sulfur creek, pulling out more than $1.2 billion in gold.
00:37:50But in its wake, it left a mystery.
00:37:53Floating in a self-made pond, the dredge traveled its way down the valley, sluicing from one side to the other.
00:38:03But above the waterline, the high banks were out of reach, so gold was left untouched.
00:38:09And where the dredge turned, it covered up pockets of gold-rich virgin ground with worthless tailings, making sulfur a potential treasure trove of hidden gold.
00:38:23If 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.
00:38:34Sounds good to me.
00:38:36Okay.
00:38:42We got so much water coming through here.
00:38:44We got all this material, we need to start moving it over.
00:38:47But we need it dry.
00:38:48If we start just working this, it's just going to get wetter and wetter.
00:38:52We'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, but I just, what about Parker, you know?
00:39:02Yeah, but I mean, if we just start digging in here, we're going to be working underwater.
00:39:07Despite Parker's rush to find the gold, Mitch ignores his orders to pan and 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.
00:39:21It's going really good.
00:39:22I've got the ditch, you know, all the way to the top end of this cut, which was 2,000 feet long.
00:39:36And the cut's starting to drain out.
00:39:38At Sulphur Creek, Mitch has defied Parker's orders to hunt for virgin hot spots and is ditching instead.
00:39:50Parker's plan on coming down today and doing some panning here.
00:39:53But we got a lot of material that's still got to be moved here before it's ready to have Parker have a look at this and see what he wants to do.
00:40:08I was hoping to have all this ready by now.
00:40:13What the are you doing?
00:40:18Well, this is not good.
00:40:21What's happening?
00:40:22I thought you might need some panning, but I take it not right now.
00:40:31Yeah.
00:40:32The most important thing, just trying to get rid of the water here so we can actually move the dirt.
00:40:36We got a pretty good system down.
00:40:39We're just trying to get that corner cleaned out and then we'll be ready for it.
00:40:46There's a lot of work to do here.
00:40:48I mean, I just got Brandon yesterday, so.
00:40:59There are two options.
00:41:00Find some virgin ground or else you can leave.
00:41:09Okay, that's a waste of time.
00:41:13Yeah.
00:41:14You know, gold can buy a lot of things, but it can't buy patience.
00:41:30And the higher the prices go, you know, the less of that there seems to be around here.
00:41:35Parker wants things done in a certain way and order.
00:41:38And I get that.
00:41:39It's his business.
00:41:40It's his company.
00:41:41You know, I've moved a lot of dirt up here and, you know, I'm confident in what I'm doing.
00:41:46Got the ditches down.
00:41:47We got the cut grain in.
00:41:49And, you know, in my opinion, that's the right move.
00:41:54I just wasted two hours.
00:41:58We just need to get panning.
00:42:03It's my first week back on the job.
00:42:05Haven't worked for Parker for over five years now.
00:42:08And, you know, he's already pissed off.
00:42:10Well, this is the type of that made me leave the last time.
00:42:12A hundred miles east.
00:42:13We're going to have to pull the trigger on something, otherwise we're going to miss this whole season.
00:42:17Still 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.
00:42:30You 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 one of them. So if we're going to get any answers up there, it's going to be our own.
00:42:48Rick's mining in the Keno Mountains has been boom or bust. The unpredictable ground almost bankrupted him six years ago until he hit the honey hole at Duncan Creek.
00:43:04We do our own testing and see what we find. And, you know, we can trust that Rick's found gold on his Duncan Creek claim in two spots.
00:43:14Now he's hoping the pay streak extends to the Lightning Creek claim eight miles upstream near the gold mother load 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.
00:43:38Hey, Troy.
00:43:39How's it going?
00:43:40Good to see you.
00:43:41Good to see you.
00:43:42Hey, Troy.
00:43:43Lightning Creek.
00:43:45We're ready to hit the ground running.
00:43:46Get some gold out of the ground.
00:43:48Six seasons ago.
00:43:49Our deal is 10%.
00:43:52Yep.
00:43:53For 100 ounce minimum.
00:43:55Rick leased Duncan Creek from landowner Troy Taylor.
00:43:59Ah, that's nice looking gold there, Rick.
00:44:02Then cut a handshake deal to buy the claim.
00:44:05Thanks, Rick. Appreciate that.
00:44:07Gambling millions of dollars.
00:44:09I'm sure you're happy to see that.
00:44:10On the promise of a gold bonanza.
00:44:13Holy .
00:44:17This is your last chance.
00:44:20It was a rocky ride.
00:44:22But finally, the deal was done.
00:44:25Bar one crucial detail.
00:44:27I have to trust that that water license is going to come through.
00:44:30Yeah.
00:44:31You're all in.
00:44:32Yeah.
00:44:34All in.
00:44:36It was on Troy to get the water license for Rick.
00:44:40But now that it hasn't come through, he might have other ground for Rick to kick the tires on.
00:44:45Looks like you've done a little bit of work here, right?
00:44:47A little bit, yeah.
00:44:49Dad and I did some sluice in last September.
00:44:52So, 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.
00:45:00The 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.
00:45:04Lightning 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.
00:45:17How much overburden is on top of like?
00:45:19It's not bad.
00:45:20It's just about five feet of muck and sand.
00:45:24The rate to pay then?
00:45:25Yeah.
00:45:26Oh, that's it, eh?
00:45:27Yeah.
00:45:28And I would just take about 15 feet and then we get into another, it's kind of like a false bedrock
00:45:32and 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.
00:45:50So, you 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, why aren't you doing it?
00:46:02Well, I feel bad about this whole water license thing.
00:46:05So, 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...
00:46:15There's no cost on your royalty.
00:46:17Yeah, there's no, there's a lot less risk for us.
00:46:19Yeah.
00:46:20And they don't sound like a salesman, but there is other people that have been calling me over the winter.
00:46:25So, but I've been holding on to this for you.
00:46:30So, I'm hoping that we can work something out.
00:46:33Yeah.
00:46:34Yeah.
00:46:37You know, I mean, I...
00:46:40Can I trust you on this?
00:46:42Yeah.
00:46:44We've been, what, six years now together, so...
00:46:46Yeah.
00:46:47I think, uh...
00:46:49I mean, I just...
00:46:50There'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...
00:47:01No, I understand that.
00:47:02We got the trommel here today, so we get some testing done and try to make a decision as quick as we can, so...
00:47:09Let's do it.
00:47:10It'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.
00:47:20Troy, he always seems to have the answer when I don't.
00:47:23So, it's a, you know, it's a win-win for Troy.
00:47:26Troy.
00:47:27We need this to work out because we need to get somewhere to go mining and we need to quit.
00:47:42Still waiting for his water license, Rick Ness has to move his operation and is hoping new ground at Lightning Creek will be worth it.
00:48:01We've already done a couple of test holes, but I want to do one more here.
00:48:05There's a lot of big bullies out of this.
00:48:08Could be nice stuff.
00:48:09Troy Taylor has already stripped a section down to pay dirt, so Rick's making spot checks on the stripped ground.
00:48:18He'll run two square yards of pay and is looking for at least a gram from the run.
00:48:24By the sounds of Troy, you know, it's looking pretty good here.
00:48:27But 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.
00:48:33Yeah.
00:48:34For sure.
00:48:35Yeah, I'll go get the water going.
00:48:36Okay.
00:48:37Hey, Ricky.
00:48:38Are we ready for you to throw some in if you want?
00:48:39I'll give her a shot.
00:48:40This bucket's kind of big.
00:48:41I'll probably make a mess.
00:48:43It's washing the rocks really nice.
00:48:45Yeah, for sure.
00:48:46Yeah, I'll go get the water going.
00:48:48OK.
00:48:55Hey, Ricky, are 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.
00:49:10It's washing the rocks really nice,
00:49:12so hopefully it gives us good breeding.
00:49:15That's the last of the dirt.
00:49:20That's how we got our tests done.
00:49:21Yeah.
00:49:22We'll have to clean it up, and then get the hell out of here
00:49:24and weigh it, see what we got.
00:49:28Shut her down, clean her up.
00:49:29Yeah, man.
00:49:30OK, let's do it.
00:49:32It doesn't have to be hot, but it's got to be hot enough
00:49:35for the rest of the lives.
00:49:45Oh, hello, hello.
00:49:46Back 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.
00:50:07It seems like only about an average of about five feet overburden,
00:50:11maybe a little bit more, and then a solid 15-foot thick pay layer.
00:50:15Well, that's pretty good.
00:50:16That's a really good, you know, ratio.
00:50:19I 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.
00:50:31I don't think I've ever weighed up this small amount of gold,
00:50:33but let's get it all in there.
00:50:35Rick wants at least a gram from his two-yard run.
00:50:46We got .525 on there.
00:50:59Just half what Rick was hoping for.
00:51:02So was it worth it?
00:51:07No.
00:51:12We're going to be sitting here with our hands out,
00:51:14no place to buy it.
00:51:17We're screwed.
00:51:31We had a super-fast start to the season.
00:51:33We have cleanups and a couple bucks in the bank.
00:51:36A hundred miles away,
00:51:38Tony Beetz has already banked $1.5 million in gold.
00:51:43There's more pressure on Mike this year.
00:51:46I mean, Mike has been running Paradise Hill like it's his,
00:51:49but it's not his.
00:51:50It'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.
00:51:56Once he has the hill up and running,
00:51:59well, then we'll just see what we can pull off.
00:52:04Tony's mining operation is split between two claims.
00:52:08Indian River, where he's already sluicing pay from the early bird cut.
00:52:13And 40 miles away, Paradise Hill, the core of the family business for over 30 years.
00:52:21Hey Mike, de-copy, Mike de-copy.
00:52:24Try to catch him, would you please?
00:52:29Hey Mike, how are you?
00:52:30Oh, good, yourself?
00:52:32No complaints.
00:52:33Last year, I was back and forth a bit.
00:52:38But this year, you won't see very much of me.
00:52:40You got lots to do here.
00:52:42I know.
00:52:43But 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 the play 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.
00:53:09I can't shoot and sit around there like you do.
00:53:12I gotta go to work.
00:53:13Well, if you did your job better, you'd have more time.
00:53:15Oh, yeah.
00:53:16off, Mike.
00:53:17I'm leaving.
00:53:18See you later.
00:53:20Catch you later, dad.
00:53:21Yeah, love you too.
00:53:22My gold 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 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
00:53:47him with a nine-man crew to supersize the super pit.
00:53:52More responsibility, more authority.
00:53:54I want to focus on stripping before I get sluicing so that I can just, when I get sluicing, I
00:54:00don't stop.
00:54:01Over the last three years, the Beats family has cleared out nearly 4 million tons of worthless
00:54:12overburden, creating an 18-acre super pit.
00:54:17The cut is home to the Klondike's fabled White Channel pay, concentrated gold washed down directly
00:54:26from hard rock deposits.
00:54:28So far, it's produced over 4,000 ounces of gold worth $15 million.
00:54:36This 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.
00:54:57We're going to have a whole whack load of stuff opened up, so we have a lot of work ahead of us.
00:55:02My 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.
00:55:14We've got brand new rock trucks.
00:55:16Just hauling overburden from the cut.
00:55:18We're trying to expand.
00:55:21To get down to the gold-bearing Pele, a D11 dozer rips and pushes the worthless waste
00:55:27dirt, called overburden, to two excavators, which load it into rock trucks, haul it 2,000 feet away,
00:55:36and dump it on the waste pile.
00:55:42Hopefully get sluice in here in Paradise soon.
00:55:45Get that gold coming in.
00:55:46Guys, guys, guys, we've got a problem, we've got a problem.
00:56:01The cat truck has flipped.
00:56:02The cab of the cat truck has flipped.
00:56:06Oh, .
00:56:07I'm stuck in here.
00:56:09Oh, .
00:56:10I'm stuck in here.
00:56:12Oh, my .
00:56:14I honestly don't want to touch it.
00:56:15You're right on the edge.
00:56:16At Paradise Hill, a brand-new 750 feet.
00:56:18I'm stuck in here.
00:56:19Oh, my .
00:56:20I honestly don't want to touch it.
00:56:21You're right on the edge.
00:56:22You're right on the edge.
00:56:23At Paradise Hill, a brand-new $750,000 rock truck has flipped, with driver Graham trapped inside
00:56:31the cab, hanging on the edge of a 200-foot drop.
00:56:35This side is just .
00:56:36I'm stuck in here.
00:56:37Oh, my .
00:56:38I honestly don't want to touch it.
00:56:39You're right on the edge.
00:56:40At Paradise Hill, a brand-new $750,000 rock truck has flipped, with driver Graham trapped inside
00:56:43the cab, hanging on the edge of a 200-foot drop.
00:56:48This side is just .
00:56:51I wish Mike could hurry up, because if the bank starts to go...
00:56:55This is not the circus I signed up for.
00:56:58Do I still have all my windows?
00:57:02You still have all your windows, yes.
00:57:04.
00:57:07Oh, that exhaust.
00:57:13The hoses are pretty cold, too.
00:57:16Oh, my hood .
00:57:18Breaking our new truck right away.
00:57:20It's slowly dropping more and more, which is a little nerve-wracking.
00:57:25As long as you get me pulled out of here before I flip.
00:57:31Okay.
00:57:32Well, you can't get out.
00:57:34Too big.
00:57:35Hey, Mike!
00:57:36Well, what the ?
00:57:37Is he still in there?
00:57:38Yeah.
00:57:39.
00:57:40He won't fit through that window.
00:57:41If you could double its size, he wouldn't fit.
00:57:42Rescue him, for sake.
00:57:43We're supposed to be in charge.
00:57:44Kick out the window.
00:57:45Make him stand on the steering wheel, stick his head out the window, kick the thing in.
00:57:54That way his eyes and ears and everything will be fine.
00:57:58Get his fat ass out.
00:58:00Okay.
00:58:01You ready, Graham?
00:58:02I guess so.
00:58:15Holy crap.
00:58:36Okay.
00:58:37You can try climbing up the seat there.
00:58:50Well.
00:58:55Feels good to be out, but still a little shaky.
00:58:59Yeah.
00:59:00Whew.
00:59:01Glad it didn't go over the edge fully.
00:59:03That's...
00:59:04Wow.
00:59:05Could be fired, could not be, depending on the mood.
00:59:09Hey, Mike!
00:59:10Put it on the grass!
00:59:12To set the 36-ton truck back on its wheels, Tony and Mike use the 520-horsepower D10 Dozer,
00:59:23while the 480 excavator holds the box in place to stop it dropping over the edge.
00:59:29Perfect.
00:59:30Pull the .
00:59:35Pull it.
00:59:36Keep it going.
00:59:37Keep it going.
00:59:38Perfect.
00:59:47I'm very sorry, Sony.
00:59:49I know, and not really thinking anything I do about it, because you're on the frost,
00:59:53and if they're slippery.
00:59:54I still feel bad since it's a brand new truck, but...
00:59:57Well, that doesn't know how the happens, my man.
01:00:00I was expecting him to be a little bit more aggravated.
01:00:04I flipped one of the new ones.
01:00:06There's no use firing people at his neck, because when you fire somebody, it's two people
01:00:11that lose.
01:00:12I lose an employee, he loses his job.
01:00:16It's too bad we had to break the window, but so it is, I guess, right?
01:00:20Yeah.
01:00:21Ah, the hood be f***ed, the fender all be f***ed, the railing all be f***ed.
01:00:26Nobody hurt, that's always a big thing.
01:00:28Yeah.
01:00:29For Mike, it's now a fight to hit pay dirt by the end of the week with one less truck,
01:00:35and show Tony he can run Paradise Hill on his own.
01:00:39It's enough horse s***.
01:00:40If you want to prove yourself, I suggest you get rid of it.
01:00:44Brennan and I are trying to get as much ground up and up down here at Sulphur as possible.
01:01:00At Sulphur Creek, Mitch and Brennan have finally drained the cut and exposed what could be their
01:01:08first hidden pay pocket.
01:01:11How far did the dredge get over here?
01:01:14Figure out what's left for us.
01:01:16Now, they're ready for Parker to pan.
01:01:19Hopefully we got something for him to look at.
01:01:23Old Parker likes to see the gold and, you know, he wants it now.
01:01:29Like this, to me, looks virgin.
01:01:37I really don't know what to expect.
01:01:53I'm just going to show Mitch.
01:01:58One pan out of the downstream edge of your ditch.
01:02:02Holy smoke.
01:02:06That's why we're doing this.
01:02:08Wow.
01:02:10And that's pretty exciting.
01:02:13Find it again.
01:02:15Yeah, hopefully there's more of that.
01:02:18That was a really good pan.
01:02:20I just need to get a wash plant in here and find out if it mines like it pans.
01:02:2525 miles southeast at Dominion Creek.
01:02:30We got the ice out of the bridge cut.
01:02:33We got pay stacked up.
01:02:35Now it's time we get sluicing.
01:02:37Tyson is on the clock.
01:02:39Parker wants wash plant Bob sluicing by the end of the day.
01:02:44I haven't talked to Al Kalim yet.
01:02:46There will be no waiting.
01:02:48Parker has made that abundantly clear.
01:02:56How's it going, guys?
01:02:58We're ready to run dirt.
01:03:00Um...
01:03:02The hopper's going to be the main holdup for Bob starting.
01:03:07The pre-wash hopper feeder?
01:03:09Yeah.
01:03:10This feed chain system is .
01:03:12This plant couldn't run without it.
01:03:14Man.
01:03:15It would have been nice if you told me that.
01:03:18The feed chain system, which drives the wash plant's pre-wash conveyor, is broken.
01:03:25And the mechanics want to install a new one.
01:03:28Parker, he wants Bob running today.
01:03:32There's no getting around to this right now.
01:03:35Yeah.
01:03:36me.
01:03:37Let's get at it.
01:03:38We got a lot of work to do.
01:03:42Mr. Justin.
01:03:43Hey, boys.
01:03:44Mr. Bill.
01:03:45Gentlemen.
01:03:46What's going on?
01:03:47We brought a, uh, rush, rush project.
01:03:52At Dominion Creek, Parker's mechanics are hustling to fix the feed chain system on Bob's pre-wash
01:03:59conveyor.
01:04:00All right.
01:04:01Well, let's get this thing unloaded and get at it, because it ain't gonna fix itself.
01:04:05The pre-wash conveyor.
01:04:06The pre-wash conveyor moves painter into the shaker to be washed.
01:04:08The motor, which turns the conveyor's front drive shaft, is connected via a small chain
01:04:12and sprocket.
01:04:13But over time, the chain tightened, pulling the shaft inward, breaking apart the sprocket
01:04:26and bearings.
01:04:27To fix the conveyor, the conveyor's front drive shaft is connected via a small chain and sprocket.
01:04:33But over time, the chain tightened, pulling the shaft inward, breaking apart the sprocket
01:04:40and bearings.
01:04:42To fix this design fault, the mechanics will remove the small chain and sprocket, fit a
01:04:50new front drive shaft, and align the motor so it sends power directly to the shaft.
01:05:01Chain is up.
01:05:05There we go.
01:05:06Let motor come out of there nice and easy.
01:05:09Okay.
01:05:10We're laughing.
01:05:11This is the final fit.
01:05:12There we go.
01:05:13Perfect.
01:05:14Right.
01:05:15So that, that is it.
01:05:16Copy Alec.
01:05:17Go for Alec.
01:05:18You are ready to roll, my friend.
01:05:19Okay.
01:05:20Okay.
01:05:21Okay.
01:05:22We're laughing.
01:05:23This is the final fit.
01:05:24There we go.
01:05:25Perfect.
01:05:26Right.
01:05:27So that, that is it.
01:05:29Copy Alec.
01:05:30Go for Alec.
01:05:31Go for Alec.
01:05:32You are ready to roll, my friend.
01:05:37Sweet.
01:05:38We'll come grab it.
01:05:39Boop boop.
01:05:40Wide load coming through.
01:05:44Well look at this.
01:05:45You guys pulled it off.
01:05:46What do you say we can get Bob running?
01:05:47Keep it coming.
01:05:48Lift it up a little bit.
01:05:49Keep it coming.
01:05:50Lift it up a little bit.
01:05:51Whoa there, buddy.
01:06:04There it goes.
01:06:06You're in.
01:06:07I think field.
01:06:08You're in.
01:06:09You're in.
01:06:11You're in.
01:06:12You're in.
01:06:13You're in.
01:06:16You're in.
01:06:18There it goes.
01:06:20You're in.
01:06:25Beautiful.
01:06:26Sweet.
01:06:28Everything's in place.
01:06:30Okay, you guys ready?
01:06:32Yep.
01:06:33Well, here we go.
01:06:34Let's fireball up.
01:06:39Take your decks on.
01:06:42Here goes the pre-wash offer.
01:06:48Here goes the first scoop of the season.
01:07:03The pre-wash conveyor delivers pay dirt to the plant.
01:07:08Water 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.
01:07:20While the smaller gold-bearing material washes down into two 14-by-10-foot sluices where the riffles and mats catch the gold.
01:07:34Beautiful sight right there, Liam.
01:07:36First wash plank going on Dominion.
01:07:39That is a beautiful sight.
01:07:40With three days sluice time before the end of the week, Tyson's on the gold.
01:07:47Parker's big push for 10,000 ounces is on.
01:07:51Bob's got a lot of ground to get through this here.
01:07:54Miners across the Yukon are gathering at Dawson City for the Klondike-Klaster Mining Association meeting.
01:08:14The KTMA warn a glut of unprocessed water licenses is putting livelihoods at risk.
01:08:19What a joke.
01:08:23Desperate to start his season, Rick is in Dawson to meet the Klondike-Klaster Mining Association, a local union working with miners with no water licenses.
01:08:34My back's against the wall.
01:08:37I've been up to my elbows in this whole water license stuff.
01:08:41It sucks, man.
01:08:41It really sucks.
01:08:43The state of the industry is not too great.
01:08:44A lot of people in the exact same boat as me with the water license and all that.
01:08:48I'm hoping that the KTMA, maybe they know when these are going to get approved.
01:08:53Give me some kind of reason to stick with Duncan Creek.
01:08:55Without it, I don't know what the hell we're going to do.
01:08:57Hey, that's somebody I know.
01:09:00What's going on, buddy?
01:09:01How you doing?
01:09:02I'm okay.
01:09:03How are you, man?
01:09:04I'm all right.
01:09:05Better than you.
01:09:06Yeah?
01:09:06I've heard what's going on.
01:09:08Oh, man.
01:09:09There's a lot of people that are pretty screwed up by it.
01:09:11And the thing is, the forces that are against the mining have so many tactics to stall things, and it's death by delay.
01:09:20Yeah.
01:09:21This is absolutely right.
01:09:22Right?
01:09:22Just shoot me in the head.
01:09:23Don't give me a slow death.
01:09:25Yeah.
01:09:26But let's see what they do in the meeting, and then why don't I buy you a wine 20-foot beer afterwards?
01:09:30I appreciate that, man.
01:09:31All right.
01:09:33Let's just go in this meeting and see what they say and go from there.
01:09:38Something's got to give.
01:10:01Yeah, I've had enough of that.
01:10:04Big waste of time.
01:10:05It gets us nowhere.
01:10:07It's just a bull, you know?
01:10:08I'm like, well, who's ass do I put my fist up to get some results here?
01:10:12And maybe I'll be done.
01:10:13Who knows?
01:10:13Who the knows at this point?
01:10:15Probably gonna go have a beer.
01:10:16Maybe 10.
01:10:18In Dawson, with no breakthrough on his water license, Rick's hopes of mining this season...
01:10:24Best seat in the house!
01:10:25...hang by a thread.
01:10:27Whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:10:28What's up?
01:10:30Good to see you again, buddy.
01:10:31Good to see you.
01:10:31You know, the last time we were together was, um, 14 years ago.
01:10:39Really?
01:10:39You think that was the last time I was still young?
01:10:42That's a long time ago.
01:10:43I...
01:10:44I remember, I was like, I think Tony Beats is like the coolest guy in the world.
01:10:50And I want to be like, Tony.
01:10:55It'll be a long time, but you know what?
01:10:56It'll be in good years, right?
01:10:58Yeah.
01:10:58Every year I have more fun.
01:11:00Good for you.
01:11:01It takes a lot to get me jealous.
01:11:03But when I roll by, you have so much equipment running.
01:11:07Yeah.
01:11:09So, how's Rick?
01:11:11You having fun?
01:11:13No.
01:11:14The KPBA has gotten us nowhere.
01:11:16Basically, we can't touch Duncan Creek.
01:11:18Ooh, that's not very good.
01:11:20No, it's kind of a slap in the face.
01:11:22Do you have that other block of ground?
01:11:25Lightning Creek?
01:11:26Yeah.
01:11:27Well, I don't have it.
01:11:29It's Troy's, so it's a lease.
01:11:31But he's like a pretty reasonable landlord.
01:11:33He is.
01:11:34And, you know...
01:11:35They're not like me.
01:11:36Yeah.
01:11:37I wasn't going to say that, but yeah.
01:11:41And you've done like one test or a bunch of tests?
01:11:43We did a few tests there.
01:11:45Not very happy about it.
01:11:47But there's a license there for three years.
01:11:49That's pretty good.
01:11:51But I'm not sure if there's a lot of gold in it.
01:11:55But, I mean, you have one thing going for you,
01:11:58and that is like gold price is so good.
01:12:00Good.
01:12:01No, I hear you.
01:12:02But this is definitely a gamble.
01:12:04Oh, .
01:12:05Gold price is excellent.
01:12:07If you're lucky enough to have a license,
01:12:10hurry the up, mine the out of it,
01:12:12and leave.
01:12:13That's it.
01:12:14You just got to get out there
01:12:15and wash as many rocks as you can.
01:12:18Get the over there and make it work, Rick.
01:12:23You're right.
01:12:25Make some money.
01:12:26Oh, yeah.
01:12:28Hope it goes well.
01:12:31Well, I've got to run.
01:12:32I've got a dog that needs to walk.
01:12:35Park it with fun.
01:12:36Rick.
01:12:36It's great to see you guys.
01:12:37Me too, for sure.
01:12:38There you go.
01:12:39Hey, let's not wait another 14 years, huh?
01:12:41Yeah.
01:12:41Yeah, yeah, do it.
01:12:43I've known Rick for 15 years.
01:12:46He was there for all the years
01:12:48where I was just, like, scared to death of going broke.
01:12:50I was scared to death of people taking advantage of me.
01:12:53I was scared to death of Tony kicking me off the ground.
01:12:55And this business eats you alive if you're not ready for it.
01:13:01With Rick, I could definitely see him losing everything
01:13:07and leaving the gold fields broke.
01:13:11But I could also see him building an empire.
01:13:14And I really hope that he's successful.
01:13:17I do.
01:13:17I cut my teeth out here with Parker.
01:13:21I've known Tony since the day I walked into the Klondike.
01:13:24And they've always had good advice,
01:13:26and I'd be foolish not to take it.
01:13:28I've got Lightning Creek as an option right now,
01:13:30and we're going to take that option.
01:13:31We're going to run with it.
01:13:32I'd like to remind all rock truck drivers
01:13:46and the hoe operator working in the cut,
01:13:48keep going, keep skimming her off.
01:13:50Strip, strip, strip, strip, strip, strip.
01:13:52After a disastrous start managing Tony's Paradise Hill claim,
01:13:58Mike Beetz is racing to get down to pay.
01:14:00Mike's doing the best with what he's got,
01:14:03but we need to move this dirt, get to the gold, get to the pay.
01:14:08Our guys are doing real good.
01:14:10We're moving a lot of dirt.
01:14:12Some of this like right here,
01:14:14this has gone very far from the pay.
01:14:16It's so many rocks.
01:14:17That's usually a good indicator that's good stuff.
01:14:22If you want to drive in, I can grab my Kubota
01:14:24because it makes its way in.
01:14:26Ah, let's walk.
01:14:28Looks like you need it.
01:14:30Mike, do you copy, Mike?
01:14:35Yeah, go ahead.
01:14:37We're down to pay here.
01:14:39Do you want to come check it out?
01:14:41I'll be there in a minute.
01:14:44A little bit clay in it, but it's got the rocks.
01:14:49That'll be a fat chunk, huh?
01:14:52Let's grab a pan.
01:14:53Now, what if I forgot how to pan?
01:15:01It'll be a .
01:15:02Give me a rock.
01:15:07Where would you like it?
01:15:08Right there.
01:15:10Thank you, sir.
01:15:11Look at that.
01:15:30You're a good pan.
01:15:36Nice, fine stuff.
01:15:38Yeah.
01:15:38It's fine as frog hair, as they say,
01:15:40but that's on the top anyway, right?
01:15:44Well, we can sluice that, Mike, right?
01:15:45Oh, yeah.
01:15:46Without a question.
01:15:47We hit pay in Paradise Hill.
01:15:53The Indian sluice lot is doing a good job.
01:15:55So everything is looking up.
01:15:57Everything is looking pretty good.
01:16:00Be hot in business.
01:16:01Perfect.
01:16:09We're back.
01:16:10Hold on.
01:16:11Before Tyson cleared all the ice,
01:16:14Parker turned the bridge cut into a racetrack.
01:16:20Oh, .
01:16:21Just push on the front a little bit.
01:16:36Come on.
01:16:36Get in there.
01:16:37Come on.
01:16:41Cody, get in there.
01:16:44Cody, get in there.
01:16:57Every light on the dash is on.
01:16:59You know any good mechanics?
01:17:01Dude, they're going to kill me
01:17:02if they find out why this happened.
01:17:04Don't tell anybody.
01:17:05We're down a foreman.
01:17:16But I think being as set up as we are now,
01:17:18it is doable.
01:17:20And, well, we are going to try.
01:17:22Tony's eldest son, Kevin,
01:17:24has been running his Scribner Creek mine for a week,
01:17:28relying more on operator Caden Foote.
01:17:31This is the earliest I've started sluicing in a season,
01:17:35but I feel like it's going to be a bit of a struggle
01:17:38without Brennan.
01:17:40He was an all-around great foreman.
01:17:44We really got to, as a team, come together
01:17:47so we can get as much out as we can.
01:17:55Hey, man.
01:17:56Got some yellow s***.
01:17:57Hi, guys.
01:18:01Hey, man.
01:18:01Hey, guys.
01:18:02How's it going, pal?
01:18:03How are you?
01:18:04Not too bad.
01:18:05Good.
01:18:05Kevin leases the ground from Tony
01:18:08and pays a 10% royalty on any gold he finds.
01:18:14So, your second year on your own.
01:18:16How are you feeling about that?
01:18:18You going to cross it?
01:18:20Honestly, I'm feeling pretty f***ing good.
01:18:23Ready to roll this year.
01:18:24You don't have to buy this, buy every f***ing thing.
01:18:27Oh, yeah.
01:18:28So, that's got to make a lot easier start this year.
01:18:31It definitely is a lot nicer to hit the ground running.
01:18:34What's happening with Brennan?
01:18:36Well, we didn't know he was showing up,
01:18:38and then he finally came and talked to us
01:18:41and told us that he wasn't coming back.
01:18:44It would have been nice if you would have let you know that in the winter.
01:18:47It would have been nice, for sure.
01:18:48That's people for you again.
01:18:50That's people for you.
01:18:51Oh, yeah.
01:18:51So, who gives a f***?
01:18:53Next.
01:18:54That's how it goes next.
01:18:58Tay, you had a nice early start.
01:19:00And have some gold coming out of the ground right away?
01:19:03Yeah.
01:19:04What's your goal?
01:19:06My goal is $2,000.
01:19:07And we already have a little bit of chunk of gold
01:19:09at the start of the season, so that's nice.
01:19:11Do you maybe think we can weigh it up?
01:19:15All right.
01:19:16Are we ready?
01:19:17Kevin ran his stockpiled pay for one week at Scribner Creek.
01:19:22Fifteen.
01:19:24Twenty.
01:19:25Thirty.
01:19:28Forty.
01:19:30Fifty.
01:19:36Fifty-seven point-oh-four.
01:19:37Two hundred thousand dollars in gold.
01:19:42Sixty thousand dollars more than the same amount was worth last season.
01:19:48And that's how many hours?
01:19:49Seventy.
01:19:50Seventy hours.
01:19:50So it's a little bit less than...
01:19:52Five an ounce now.
01:19:53Yeah.
01:19:54That's still nice.
01:19:55Oh, f***, yeah.
01:19:56That's better than zero.
01:19:57Oh.
01:19:58This year cash in, so you may as well get with it, right?
01:20:01Yeah.
01:20:01You know?
01:20:03Okay, woman, let's get the f*** out of here.
01:20:05Let's go.
01:20:06We have to work, so...
01:20:07Talk to you guys later.
01:20:09Ladies and gentlemen, don't work too hard.
01:20:11Bye.
01:20:11Catch you later.
01:20:13Hey, dog.
01:20:16That was a decent go away.
01:20:17Yeah, not too bad.
01:20:19It's kind of nice to see this yellow stuff this early in the season.
01:20:23I'm sure the folks would be happy for us, too.
01:20:25But the big thing we're looking for right now is the foreman.
01:20:29We'll get hiring, and something will f***ing show up.
01:20:35Nice little haul.
01:20:36I mean, it's a good f***ing start.
01:20:38That's a couple bucks, huh?
01:20:39Royalty-wise.
01:20:40Royalty-wise, yeah.
01:20:41It's all right.
01:20:43There's nothing like making money off your kids, is there?
01:20:52What's happening?
01:20:53How's it going, man?
01:20:54Going good?
01:20:55Good.
01:20:56It's been a while since we've done one of these.
01:20:58Yeah.
01:20:58Pig cat!
01:21:01Hey!
01:21:02He is back!
01:21:05How's it going?
01:21:06Welcome back.
01:21:07Yeah, thank you.
01:21:08It's good having you back.
01:21:09And there's a lot to do this year, so we need all the help we can get.
01:21:12Definitely.
01:21:12It's the end of the first week of what could be a game-changing season for Parker.
01:21:20This is the year, huh?
01:21:21Yeah.
01:21:22We need to just f***ing shove dirt down those wash plants' throats, huh?
01:21:26It's a long road to 10,000.
01:21:33Tyson's got Bob running right now in the bridge cut.
01:21:38Sulphur's drying out a little bit.
01:21:40We've got the trucks upstream there stripping.
01:21:42And that's going all right?
01:21:43Yep.
01:21:46Are you ready, T?
01:21:47Let's check it out, Dumit.
01:21:48This is Mr. Bob.
01:21:50This is your first plant.
01:21:51Well, here we go.
01:21:52All eyes are on Tyson's first run from the bridge cut.
01:21:57Last season's payouts were unpredictable.
01:22:00Parker's looking for at least 100 ounces from three days' sluicing.
01:22:0610, 20, 40, 60, 80.
01:22:15Going to break 100.
01:22:17There we go, 100, 120.
01:22:22125.8.
01:22:29Nice.
01:22:30Very nice.
01:22:31Worth over $440,000.
01:22:37Looks like it was worth getting that ice off.
01:22:39Yeah.
01:22:40We're on the board.
01:22:42Yeah.
01:22:44That's definitely a good start, but we have a long ways to go.
01:22:46So, I hope everybody's ready to buckle in.
01:22:52All right.
01:22:53Thank you, guys.
01:22:55Do it again next week.
01:22:57The cat is back.
01:22:59Meow.
01:23:02This season, we're really going to be hopping.
01:23:05Hopes are high, and I think we've got a good shot at making our 10,000 ounces this year.
01:23:10I think this year we've got the right recipe.
01:23:13You know, we've got really good people here.
01:23:16It's probably the best chance we'll have at doing the five figures.
01:23:20It's going to be a ball buster of a season for the boys, though.
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