Gold Rush- Alaska - Season 16 Episode 01- Records Will Be Broken
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00:00:00Market volatility.
00:00:02Gold stands out.
00:00:04Gold just hit a new record, $3,500 an ounce.
00:00:07And the price of gold has been climbing.
00:00:09This is somewhere that economists believe
00:00:11will continue to be a safe haven.
00:00:13It is more... Tony.
00:00:18Hey, Parker. How's it going, man?
00:00:19Good. How are you?
00:00:21Well, I'm just hanging in there.
00:00:23Yeah? You got some of that tiny, shiny coming in?
00:00:26Yes.
00:00:27Good.
00:00:28It has all the makings of a good season, Parker.
00:00:31Hey.
00:00:32Gold price.
00:00:33Yeah.
00:00:34I don't even like to talk about it or look at it.
00:00:36Me neither, because it should be illegal.
00:00:38That's how high it is, isn't it?
00:00:39Well, then it, like, goes down $300.
00:00:41And I'm like, what's happening?
00:00:42And it's like, oh, it's still up $1,000.
00:00:44Yes.
00:00:45If you want to beef up your piggy bank,
00:00:47well, that'll be the year.
00:00:49Whether I want to say the number or not,
00:00:51because I keep saying it and not hitting it,
00:00:53but, um, no, we're going to have to start doing $10,000 a year
00:00:56for a while now.
00:00:58That's a lot of bucks.
00:00:59You better get with it.
00:01:00Bring it on.
00:01:02You're going big.
00:01:03What do you need to do?
00:01:05Six, six and a half.
00:01:07If we do more, we do more.
00:01:08Yeah.
00:01:09Anyway, that's all the makings of a good year,
00:01:11as long as the price stays there.
00:01:13Yeah, no, it's good to see you.
00:01:15I'm glad you're doing well.
00:01:17Same to you.
00:01:18Hopefully the wars are behind us.
00:01:20Right.
00:01:26Bye.
00:01:27Bye.
00:01:31Tony and I have known each other for, you know, 14 years.
00:01:34That's wild.
00:01:36Like 99% of the time, it's great.
00:01:40That 1% absolutely sucks,
00:01:42and he's like one of the biggest on the planet.
00:01:44But 99% of the time, it's just wonderful.
00:01:49Maybe 95%.
00:01:5516 years ago.
00:01:57Three-fifths of an ounce, which is about $800.
00:02:01A global financial crash caused gold prices to rocket.
00:02:07It's just gold fever.
00:02:09$1,000 an ounce.
00:02:11I'm going to hit you in it.
00:02:13Sparking.
00:02:14Let's find it up.
00:02:15A modern-day gold rush.
00:02:17It's alive.
00:02:18Watch the rocks, baby.
00:02:19But striking it rich proved harder than imagined.
00:02:23That's it.
00:02:24We're done.
00:02:25Now, breaking news on Wall Street with stocks tumbling.
00:02:30Gold and safe havens, they are surging.
00:02:33Gold prices have more than tripled to an all-time high.
00:02:38$3,500 per ounce.
00:02:41We're going gold mining, boys.
00:02:43Hang on!
00:02:46With just six months to cash in.
00:02:50Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:02:51Are we here for a shootout?
00:02:55Top dogs.
00:02:56I don't ask questions.
00:02:57I give orders.
00:02:58Are you going to behave?
00:02:59And underdogs.
00:03:01I'm just a delivery boy.
00:03:02I don't really give a .
00:03:03I just want to get paid.
00:03:04Collide.
00:03:05Alive.
00:03:06I got a job offer from Parker.
00:03:09Look out!
00:03:10And played dirty.
00:03:12Can I trust you on this?
00:03:13Uh, yeah.
00:03:15To hit the jackpot.
00:03:17Holy smokes.
00:03:20That's a hell of a pant.
00:03:21We joke about it being an addiction, but it literally is.
00:03:24Some.
00:03:25You made a mess.
00:03:27Will not survive.
00:03:28Pick me out, somebody to fire.
00:03:30Get rid of it.
00:03:31It sucks, man.
00:03:32It really sucks.
00:03:34Others.
00:03:37Soar to new heights.
00:03:39You guys are killing it.
00:03:42There's nothing like making money off your kid's system.
00:03:45And set records.
00:03:47I was not expecting that.
00:03:49They're the amazing .
00:03:50Yeah.
00:03:522,043 and a half ounces.
00:03:56That's wild.
00:03:57You get a pan.
00:03:58You get a pan.
00:03:59You get a pan.
00:04:00Genuinely, that's insane.
00:04:02The Yukon.
00:04:22North America's last frontier.
00:04:28For over a century,
00:04:29prospectors have scoured these valleys and creeks
00:04:32for life-changing gold.
00:04:36With just a few summer months to make their fortunes.
00:04:41The stars are aligned for us.
00:04:44Gold price is crazy.
00:04:45We've got a ton of ground prepped on Dominion,
00:04:48and we're going to be able to stretch our legs
00:04:51and really run and see what it's made out of.
00:04:54This is the year that we'll find out.
00:04:5630-year-old Parker Schnabel is on the precipice
00:04:59of a career-defining season.
00:05:02The gold mining prodigy, who started out with a crew of two,
00:05:06is now a mining mogul with 60 machines and a 40-person crew.
00:05:11We've got amazing people.
00:05:12And then we have, like, this crazy gold price.
00:05:14And we're dangerously close to things being really good.
00:05:16I just want to go to work.
00:05:17I just want to wash rocks.
00:05:18And, you know, get sluicy-goosey for the tiny-shiny.
00:05:20That's all I want to do.
00:05:21I did not.
00:05:22I have not told you how to do your job one time this whole year.
00:05:24Just 16 years old when he first became a mine boss.
00:05:28I'm pretty young.
00:05:29And it's tough to, you know, I never know if I'm doing the right thing or not.
00:05:31Parker struggled.
00:05:32I'm spending the money here, and I make the calls.
00:05:35To manage his crew.
00:05:36If you can't handle it, you can't handle it.
00:05:39I'm going to go to work.
00:05:41And, you know, get sluicy-goosey for the tiny-shiny.
00:05:44That's all I want to do.
00:05:45I did not.
00:05:46I have not told you how to do your job one time this whole year.
00:05:49Just 16 years old when he first became a mine boss.
00:05:52I'm pretty young.
00:05:53And it's tough to, you know, I never know if I'm doing the right thing or not.
00:05:57Parker struggled.
00:05:58I'm spending the money here, and I make the calls.
00:06:01If you can't handle it, then maybe this isn't the place for you.
00:06:05You are making an enemy out of me.
00:06:07But as the young miner grew.
00:06:10In gold mining, you're only as good as the people you have.
00:06:13He evolved.
00:06:17Oh, yeah.
00:06:18Look at that.
00:06:19Our season starts now.
00:06:21I'll stand behind him any day of the week.
00:06:23With a vision that spawned a gold mining empire.
00:06:27Wow.
00:06:28That's the biggest clean-out we've ever had.
00:06:30And delivered more than $115 million in gold.
00:06:36This does not stop here.
00:06:41I'm losing faith in you guys.
00:06:43But last season.
00:06:46It's been one fight after the next.
00:06:48We're not making money when we're doing it like this.
00:06:51It's frustrating.
00:06:52I know what we were doing was wrong.
00:06:54Parker crashed and burned.
00:06:57Worst clean-up ever.
00:07:02I don't like this feeling.
00:07:04I don't like being a loser.
00:07:06We came up short and it's not going to happen again.
00:07:12This winter I have spent all the money I can get my hands on.
00:07:16Buying equipment and hiring people.
00:07:19It's a challenge.
00:07:21This is kind of uncharted territory for me.
00:07:23So much s*** going on.
00:07:24We just have to hammer down, focus on washing rocks, fill in jars, and everybody's going to have to step up.
00:07:3640 miles southeast of Dawson City lies Parker's Kingdom, an area nearly the size of Manhattan.
00:07:47His main operation is Dominion Creek, land he's bought where he'll run three wash plants to deliver the bulk of his gold.
00:07:5525 miles northwest, he'll send a satellite crew to Sulfur Creek to hunt for pockets of gold left behind by the old timers.
00:08:07Running the enormous operation will cost Parker $100,000 each day.
00:08:15But if he's successful, he could bring in more than $35 million in gold this year.
00:08:22What's happening, man?
00:08:26How are you guys?
00:08:27Yo, yo.
00:08:28Doing good, how are you?
00:08:29Not too bad.
00:08:31Welcome to my map room.
00:08:33Very nice.
00:08:35Swear it all happens, eh?
00:08:37How was your winter?
00:08:38It was good.
00:08:40I was a bum for the most part.
00:08:45To execute his master plan, Parker's counting on his trusted lieutenants, Mitch Blaschke and Tyson Lee.
00:08:53We're gonna do 10,000 ounces this year.
00:08:59Like, we keep talking about it, but we actually have to just do it.
00:09:03So, we're gonna run four plants this year.
00:09:07Wow.
00:09:09Trying to run four wash plants, it's like, we were all over the place last year trying to cover our bases and like, we're gonna be spread out.
00:09:17You know how it is when that happens.
00:09:19Yeah.
00:09:20I know, I know that there's gonna be a lot of challenges.
00:09:22I'm, I'm not, I don't disagree with you.
00:09:26Tyson, I need you on Dominion, running the whole operation.
00:09:30Right.
00:09:33So, good luck.
00:09:35Thanks.
00:09:36I'll need it.
00:09:38I don't know what's gonna come out of sulfur, and it's gonna be a difficult project, so I need you to go over there, Mitch, and get that sorted out first.
00:09:45We only have a partial season on the water license, so we need to get it done in a hurry.
00:09:52All right.
00:09:53Parker's sulfur water license, a permit to pull water from creeks to wash gold, expires in just 10 weeks.
00:10:01After that, he can't mind the claim.
00:10:05What kind of crew do we have to get this done?
00:10:08We've hired a bunch of new people.
00:10:11Okay.
00:10:13One big thing is people who can't do their job, we need to fire.
00:10:17We want to have the best of the best.
00:10:19But you guys are the ones that are gonna be able to make this happen or not.
00:10:23It's brutal, right?
00:10:24It's gonna be a stressful year for you two.
00:10:32Yeah.
00:10:35I know it's a bit of a daunting task, but, like, I'm excited.
00:10:38It'll be exhausting.
00:10:39Yeah.
00:10:40No days off.
00:10:41You just had six months off.
00:10:43Yeah.
00:10:47Thanks for coming back.
00:10:48Yeah.
00:10:49I appreciate having you guys here.
00:10:51I'm looking forward to this season.
00:10:52Yeah, for sure.
00:10:53Thanks, man.
00:10:54There's a lot of work to do.
00:10:58There's a lot of gold to find.
00:11:00Now it's up to Mitch and Tyson to get the job done.
00:11:05Hopefully.
00:11:09The job will get done.
00:11:10Hopefully it's the two of them that does it, is what I mean.
00:11:17Things are already starting off a little bit different here.
00:11:20Parker made it very clear that, you know, everybody's got to pull their weight,
00:11:23and then some.
00:11:24We got no room for air.
00:11:26Last year, Mitch was in charge.
00:11:29This year, it's gonna be on my shoulders.
00:11:32Last year, I was managing one wash plant.
00:11:34This year, gonna be managing three.
00:11:37So, no cups.
00:11:38We've got to find a ton of gold.
00:11:40Tyson's first mission is to start pulling in gold on Dominion's bridge cut.
00:11:52The crew has spent two years mining this spot with mixed results.
00:11:57Now, Parker's season rides on it, delivering big.
00:12:03But there's a problem.
00:12:05Over winter, water flooded the cut.
00:12:08And the gold-bearing pay dirt is buried under three feet of solid ice.
00:12:14I'm in the 250.
00:12:15Got Michael in the 390.
00:12:16Coming to work for Parker, it's kind of the dream come true.
00:12:19I like the way he runs his outfit.
00:12:20His gear's really nice.
00:12:21I'm in the 250.
00:12:22Got Michael in the 390.
00:12:26Coming to work for Parker, it's kind of the dream come true.
00:12:44I like the way he runs his outfit.
00:12:46His gear's really nice.
00:12:52We got Amy here.
00:12:53First truckload ice heading out of the cut.
00:12:55First of many.
00:12:57This is my first time driving a rock truck.
00:13:02Before they can get to pay dirt, Tyson's crew needs to shift over 25,000 tons of ice.
00:13:14I think realistically, how the hell are we going to do all this in a week?
00:13:26Right now, I'd like to be setting up the wash plant and firing it up today.
00:13:30But we're a long ways away from that.
00:13:41How are things going?
00:13:43Well, man, the ice is a lot thicker than we thought, eh?
00:13:46Yeah, there's a lot of ice in here.
00:13:48And it's really rotten.
00:13:50Mm-hmm.
00:13:51So what's your plan?
00:13:52Just keep building piles, trucking off this ice.
00:13:56Right.
00:13:58Okay.
00:13:59We have extra trucks in the yard, no?
00:14:02You got any more people?
00:14:04Any more iron you can give us?
00:14:06I don't know.
00:14:07Okay.
00:14:08Thanks, dude.
00:14:09No worries.
00:14:10See ya.
00:14:11If by the end of the week, I don't have the ice out of this cut from the wash plant going, we'll have failed my first task first week of the season.
00:14:26Parker just wants the ice out and the wash plant going, the long and short of it.
00:14:43I don't really want to spend money trucking ice, but we really don't have much of an alternative, so we're just going to have to suck it up.
00:14:58We need to get sleuthing.
00:15:00That's going to be what makes or breaks the season.
00:15:03Yeah, here we go.
00:15:28I can't believe we're sleuthing as early as we are.
00:15:31We started the season early, but we want to keep that up.
00:15:36Everybody's in their eyes.
00:15:38Ten miles south at Indian River, King of the Clondon, Tony Beetz, is already two weeks ahead of his rivals.
00:15:47We're giving a , and the gold prize is in our favor.
00:15:50We were losing days for two weeks.
00:15:53We got the early bird cut.
00:15:55It was all top ground, so that was awesome.
00:15:57Tony's hoping for a quick score from the 13-acre early bird cut.
00:16:02If the gold price stays where it is, and we lose most of the summer like we did last year, then,
00:16:09me, you're going to make enough money to set up three generations.
00:16:14When there's opportunities there, grab it.
00:16:18Forty years ago, Tony and wife Minnie left the Netherlands to seek their fortune in the Yukon.
00:16:26All we have was 300 bucks.
00:16:28I work 14 hours a day, every day.
00:16:31From nothing, Tony grew a $60 million mining dynasty.
00:16:37I'm trying to build a future for my kids.
00:16:40They've got to take over.
00:16:41They're going to have to run the circus all by themselves.
00:16:49Piece of .
00:16:50I've never, ever, never, ever had that much horse here before.
00:16:55Until two years ago.
00:16:57There's six, seven million in the hole.
00:16:59When the business descended into chaos.
00:17:02Have I ever seen the up? Then I'm looking at it.
00:17:04His family fractured.
00:17:06He's running it into the ground.
00:17:09He told me this cut was going to be mine.
00:17:12Oh, really?
00:17:13Yeah.
00:17:15Feeling a little shafted.
00:17:17I shot down a plant.
00:17:20You just quit.
00:17:21You got to be kidding me.
00:17:23Every time.
00:17:27I'll tell you one thing.
00:17:28I won't give up that easy.
00:17:31But the Klondike King pulled his family together.
00:17:35Our kids are really stepping up this year.
00:17:38Keeping son Mike and daughter Monica working for him.
00:17:42I appreciate everything you're doing to help me.
00:17:44Anything for family, Monica.
00:17:45But giving eldest son Kevin the chance to set up his own operation.
00:17:50How's that sound to you?
00:17:51That sounds very, very nice.
00:17:54By the end of last season.
00:17:55The more you make, the better we like you make.
00:17:58The Beats had reeled in a record 5,777 ounces.
00:18:04Worth $14.4 million.
00:18:09That sure is a hell of a lot better than last year.
00:18:11It is not a time to sit back and enjoy.
00:18:17It is a time to get your sh** together and get out there in the morning and make things happen.
00:18:23You owe that to the next generation.
00:18:25People can have money.
00:18:27People can have a lot of things.
00:18:29But kids and grandkids, there's something that if you don't have that, you don't have very much.
00:18:34Tony believes his claims could deliver a jaw-dropping 6,500 ounces this season.
00:18:45Worth more than $22 million.
00:18:48Hey guys.
00:18:50Hello there.
00:18:51How's she looking?
00:18:52Well, she's...
00:18:53Yellow.
00:18:54Got yellow stuff.
00:18:56Good thing we started early, Mike, huh?
00:18:57Yeah.
00:18:58When the sun is shining, you're better ready to make some hay.
00:19:01Yeah.
00:19:02Right?
00:19:03Especially at this price.
00:19:04There you go.
00:19:05Is Tony already sluicing?
00:19:08He's the first to weigh out his gold.
00:19:11I can always get more gold.
00:19:13I cannot always get this price.
00:19:16So let's wait and have a look at it.
00:19:19All right.
00:19:20Ready, set, go.
00:19:27Let's wait and have a look at it.
00:19:28At Indian River, Tony Beetz is gambling on an early season score to cash in on record-high gold prices.
00:19:37There.
00:19:38Ready, set.
00:19:39Let's go.
00:19:40He's already sluiced nearly half of the early bird cut.
00:19:4450, 60, 70.
00:19:46Which he's counting on to deliver at least 300 ounces.
00:19:5190, 260, 290, 300.
00:19:56Wow.
00:19:58360, 390, 417 and 56.
00:20:06Ain't that a beaut?
00:20:08That's pretty amazing.
00:20:10In just two weeks, the Beetz have pulled in one and a half million dollars.
00:20:16I'd say it's a record for us.
00:20:18That justifies as to what the we're doing.
00:20:20That's a lot of money right there.
00:20:23If we can keep this up, we go.
00:20:26So, how have you planned out this summer?
00:20:30Mike, you're going to be on the hill as usual.
00:20:33Monica, it would be nice if you could oversee in the gold room cleaning the gold.
00:20:38Sounds good to me.
00:20:39But I was thinking, you gave Kevin a bunch of help getting him going.
00:20:44So is there anything you're going to help us with?
00:20:46There is some opportunities out there.
00:20:47Let's get these two places here going first and then we'll talk.
00:20:52Not making any promises until I have that in place.
00:20:55Right?
00:20:56I'm okay with that.
00:20:57You?
00:20:58There you go.
00:20:59So all hands on deck.
00:21:00We gotta go.
00:21:02I'm very interested to see what Tony was talking about in terms of other opportunities.
00:21:15I think it's really cool that Kevin has gone out on his own, but Michael's been out here since he was 12.
00:21:25Mike's really chomping the bit to do more things.
00:21:29Big picture goals.
00:21:30I would like my own mind, but right now it's not a priority.
00:21:33I have a bunch of other I have to get done.
00:21:35We'll see.
00:21:37Mike and Monica, they'll be acting about getting started for themselves.
00:21:42But right now we're busy other places, so they're just going to have to hang in there for a little bit.
00:21:48Anyway, I never had that much gold that early.
00:21:51A great start to the season.
00:21:58One hundred miles away, in Keno, Rick Ness...
00:22:15Yeah, that's a big pile of dirt.
00:22:17...is sitting on a pile of gold at his Duncan Creek claim.
00:22:22I would say there's probably pretty damn close to 400 ounces sitting there, and right now that's worth over a million dollars.
00:22:29And it's ready to go. Our plant's sitting right there.
00:22:33The bad news is, is we still don't have a water license, and we can't touch this.
00:22:38It blows my mind.
00:22:40Rick's water license, essential to mining, still hasn't come through.
00:22:46Until he gets it, he can't mine Duncan Creek.
00:22:50I almost don't even know if I should do this.
00:22:54I'm thinking it would make me...
00:22:56I'm thinking it would satisfy me.
00:22:57I'm thinking it would probably just make me more mad.
00:23:08Oh, .
00:23:09That's outrageous amount of gold in one pan.
00:23:11I don't even know what the emotion is right now.
00:23:14Normally I see a pan like that, and I hit the f***ing roof.
00:23:18This is, uh...
00:23:20That's unbelievable.
00:23:23And we can't touch it.
00:23:31Hit the bot patch!
00:23:34Rick Ness...
00:23:35I expected growing pains, but this is f***ing outrageous.
00:23:37...is a fighter...
00:23:40Booyah!
00:23:41...with a small crew of buddies...
00:23:44...paying them out each season from his haul.
00:23:48Here's one of those for each of you guys.
00:23:50You guys earned it.
00:23:51...a miner for 13 years.
00:23:53What?
00:23:54I know.
00:23:55He's had highs...
00:23:56That's like an ounce right there.
00:23:57F*** them! F*** everybody! F*** yourselves!
00:23:59...and lows.
00:24:01No! No, no, no!
00:24:03I don't know what else to do right now.
00:24:05It's getting out of control.
00:24:06...always on the brink of losing it all.
00:24:09That's one last farewell kick in the balls.
00:24:13But last season...
00:24:14This is it.
00:24:15Now this is all mine.
00:24:17...he bought his own ground.
00:24:19Let's go!
00:24:20Vegas Valley, here we go.
00:24:22Woo!
00:24:23Yeah!
00:24:24...hit the jackpot...
00:24:25...and reeled in $4.5 million in gold.
00:24:29That's it.
00:24:30I did it.
00:24:31I've got some bad news.
00:24:33...only to be gut-punched.
00:24:35We've got a big problem with the water license being approved.
00:24:39And I can't guarantee you'll have the license next year.
00:24:43Without the water license, you can't mind.
00:24:50Now, Rick must find a way to pull a rabbit out of the hat again.
00:25:00What's up, dudes?
00:25:01How about you?
00:25:02Nice crutches.
00:25:03Yeah, you like Jose?
00:25:05Good start.
00:25:06With nowhere to mind, only half Rick's crew has made it back for now.
00:25:12Well, you guys have seen it all.
00:25:15You've seen the good.
00:25:16You've seen the bad.
00:25:17You've seen the opportunity.
00:25:19You've seen the setbacks.
00:25:21It's a mess right now.
00:25:24It's not just us.
00:25:25I mean, there's a lot of people getting screwed.
00:25:27There's no one shutting the door right now saying that, you know, your water license is never coming in.
00:25:31It's just tied up.
00:25:35So what are we doing here with no water license?
00:25:37It's not the only pile of gold out here, and that's why you're here.
00:25:40We just have to find another one.
00:25:43But it's not going to be on this ground.
00:25:48And you know what?
00:25:49Gold prices are $1,000 more an ounce than when we left here last year.
00:25:53I mean, that's insanity.
00:25:55This is not the year to quit.
00:25:56No.
00:25:58We need 1,800 ounces this year.
00:26:02Yeah, I know that things seem down, but you know what?
00:26:05We are here, and I am going to find us a spot.
00:26:07At the end of the day, that's what we're going to do.
00:26:10But if this water license comes through at any point this summer, you bet your ass I want to move us back here.
00:26:15I mean, you haven't let us down yet.
00:26:18All right.
00:26:19All right.
00:26:20Hopefully, Rick understands what he's doing here, and hopefully, like, wherever we're going, it's going to be good.
00:26:28I want to start moving some dirt.
00:26:30These guys have stuck with me through a lot, and glad to see they're sticking with me through this.
00:26:34We will find a place to mine, and we're going to make it work.
00:26:36We will find a place to get forward.
00:26:50Okay, Chelsea, you ready?
00:26:52Ready.
00:26:54Gaten, you ready?
00:26:56Yep, ready.
00:26:57And folks, Screen Geek is turning on first time for the season.
00:26:59Let's go.
00:27:10First scoop of pay going in for the season.
00:27:16Goodie.
00:27:192025, here comes the goal.
00:27:22At Scribner Creek, just like his father, Tony,
00:27:26second-year mind boss Kevin Beetz is ahead of the pack.
00:27:30Feels 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?
00:27:43Can we have this one?
00:27:45Last season, with a little help from Dad...
00:27:48Three, two, one.
00:27:51Woo! Yeah!
00:27:53Kevin plunged his life savings into his own operation.
00:27:57This is a big gamble, so me and Faith have to make this work.
00:28:01That's looking really nice, Kev.
00:28:03So excited, bud.
00:28:05Overall, 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.
00:28:13Tempers flared.
00:28:13You can stop being a...
00:28:15It'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?
00:28:24Oh, this is the piece squash.
00:28:25I just...
00:28:26And the cuts.
00:28:30Yes, finally!
00:28:32Much better.
00:28:34So nice work.
00:28:35Keep it going.
00:28:36Helping them score...
00:28:38That's a big old...
00:28:39Beautiful.
00:28:41A big payday.
00:28:42Yay, money!
00:28:44It's nice to be in the upswing, honestly.
00:28:49We made the right call of getting away from Tony's.
00:28:52I'm feeling really good about this year.
00:28:54I think we're off to a strong start.
00:28:57Which is good, because we have a big goal this year, 2,000 ounces.
00:29:02Figured we may as well go double what we did last year, aim big.
00:29:05And with gold prices being as high as they are,
00:29:07if there's any time to have a good, big year for gold totals, it is this f***ing year.
00:29:13Kevin'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.
00:29:27So day one sluicing.
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.
00:29:46Oh, it's nice having Caden back.
00:29:50It's always good to have returners who know how things run.
00:29:54And, you know, you can rely on them.
00:29:56And Brennan should be showing up soon.
00:30:01Oh, it feels good to be back in the Yukon.
00:30:04This feels like my second home.
00:30:06Howdy, stranger.
00:30:17How's it going, guys?
00:30:17Not too f***ing, man.
00:30:19Very darn.
00:30:19We're wondering where the f***er at.
00:30:21Nice to see you, pal.
00:30:25So, what's up?
00:30:26We're starting to wonder.
00:30:27We haven't heard from you in a bit.
00:30:29Yeah.
00:30:29Yeah.
00:30:29I ended up getting a phone call there that I wasn't expecting to get of another job offer.
00:30:48And it was a pretty good job offer.
00:30:52So, I've leaned towards taking that position.
00:30:59Who offered you the job?
00:31:07Well, Parker ended up calling me there, which I was completely not expecting.
00:31:12Same.
00:31:15Yeah.
00:31:17Really?
00:31:18Back with Parker?
00:31:21It was not, you know, there's just a few things in the offer that really align to what my future,
00:31:26where I kind of see myself being in some goals that I have set, you know what I mean?
00:31:30No.
00:31:34I wish he had at least told us earlier so that we can plan.
00:31:38If I had have known a lot sooner, I would have said it a lot sooner, right?
00:31:45There'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.
00:31:50Well, thank you for stopping by and telling us some ****, Russell.
00:31:58Okay, guys.
00:31:59You guys have a wicked season.
00:32:00Well, see ya.
00:32:01See ya.
00:32:02Well, then, 2,000 ounces without the foreman is going to be a bit more of a project, then, isn't it?
00:32:18It is going to hurt to find someone with Brennan's experience that you can rely on.
00:32:21If they're good, they've got a job.
00:32:25Maybe we should go poaching, too.
00:32:28Hmm.
00:32:29We're down to the last bit of ice here in the bridge, and once we get that out of here, that means I can start getting Bob ready to sluice.
00:32:53Three days into his ice-moving marathon, Tyson's under the gun.
00:33:02Parker's given me, and I've taken on more than I've ever taken on working here before.
00:33:09Can I do it?
00:33:09I don't know.
00:33:11But am I willing to find out?
00:33:13Yeah, it could have cost him my job, 100%.
00:33:15But I hope it doesn't.
00:33:17If it does, I'll be flipping burgers.
00:33:22Come visit me at the drive-thru.
00:33:25And yes, I will be spitting in them.
00:33:31A 25-mile drive northwest.
00:33:35I'm down here at Sulphur, just trying to get this cut opened up.
00:33:39This cut's 2,000 feet long.
00:33:41They got probably big enough to land a small airplane on.
00:33:50For 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.
00:34:12The time frame down here is definitely my biggest concern.
00:34:15This water license is getting closer to expire by the minute, and yet I'm the only one down here.
00:34:22What do we got here?
00:34:40Oh, hey, man, what's up?
00:34:42Not much, my friend.
00:34:43How are you?
00:34:46Busy.
00:34:47Good to see you, pal.
00:34:48Come on.
00:34:48I'll give you one.
00:34:52Oh, just don't let nobody, don't tell anybody that.
00:34:54Yeah, keep that off the radio.
00:34:58What's your plans?
00:35:00Well, Parker poached me.
00:35:02He sent me up here to come to work with you.
00:35:05No way, man.
00:35:06Yeah, buddy.
00:35:08All right.
00:35:09He said to me specifically, you and Mitch work so good together, I want to get that band back together.
00:35:14That's the exact words out of his mouth.
00:35:16Dude, that's awesome.
00:35:17Yeah.
00:35:17I can't believe you didn't tell me.
00:35:20Woo!
00:35:22Brennan and Mitch 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.
00:35:37And a bromance blossomed.
00:35:39F*** are we good.
00:35:41What a nice feeling.
00:35:42Brennan, hurry up.
00:35:43You've had five f***ing days to get this done.
00:35:46F*** sakes.
00:35:48You're in charge or are you not in charge?
00:35:49Until 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, well, I'm excited, buddy.
00:36:21It's time to boost the dirt.
00:36:27Dude, it's unreal to have you back here.
00:36:29Christmas came early.
00:36:30All 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.
00:36:52Oh, that looks like Parker.
00:36:54How's it going?
00:37:04Hey, welcome back.
00:37:05Thanks, pal.
00:37:07Okay.
00:37:08The whole sulfur project is kind of an interesting one 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.
00:37:34This is a totally different type of mine than this, see?
00:37:38Three quarters of a century ago, old-timers used a dredge to mine Sulphur Creek,
00:37:45pulling out more than $1.2 billion in gold.
00:37:50But in its wake, it left a mystery.
00:37:54Floating in a self-made pond, the dredge traveled its way down the valley,
00:37:59sluicing from one side to the other.
00:38:02But 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,
00:38:19making Sulphur a potential treasure trove of hidden gold.
00:38:25If they can find it.
00:38:28It's just going to take some time to figure out.
00:38:30Like, I would be panning pretty constantly.
00:38:32Perfect.
00:38:34Sounds good to me.
00:38:36Okay.
00:38:42We got so much water coming through here.
00:38:45We got all this material.
00:38:46We need to start moving it over.
00:38:48No, we need it dry.
00:38:49If we start just working this, it's just going to get wetter and wetter.
00:38:53We're not dredging.
00:38:55So I want to just focus on the ditch here.
00:38:58Yeah, okay.
00:38:59I mean, I agree with you, but I just, what about Parker, you know?
00:39:03Yeah, but, I mean, if we just start digging in here, we're going to be working underwater.
00:39:08Despite Parker's rush to find the gold, Mitch ignores his orders to pan
00:39:13and decides to dig a ditch to drain the water.
00:39:17The first thing we got to do and we're going to do is get rid of this water.
00:39:20All right.
00:39:24It's going really good.
00:39:31I've got the ditch, you know, all the way to the top end of this cut,
00:39:34which was 2,000 feet long, and the cut's starting to drain out.
00:39:40At Sulphur Creek, Mitch has defied Parker's orders to hunt for virgin hot spots
00:39:47and is ditching instead.
00:39:50Parker's planning on coming down today and doing some panning here,
00:39:53but we've got a lot of material that's still got to be moved here
00:39:56before it's ready to have Parker have a look at this and see what he wants to do.
00:40:10Just hoping to have all this ready by now.
00:40:12What the f**k are you doing?
00:40:19Well, this is not good.
00:40:22What's happening?
00:40:25I thought you might need some panning, but I take it not right now.
00:40:30Yeah.
00:40:32Most important thing, just trying to get rid of the water here
00:40:34so we can actually move the dirt.
00:40:37We've got a pretty good system down.
00:40:39We're just trying to get that corner cleaned out,
00:40:41and then we'll be ready for it.
00:40:46There's a lot of work to do here.
00:40:48I mean, I just got Brennan yesterday, so...
00:40:55There are two options.
00:41:00Find some virgin ground,
00:41:02or else you can leave.
00:41:08Okay, that's a waste of f**king time.
00:41:13Yeah!
00:41:14You know, gold can buy a lot of things,
00:41:28but it can't buy patience,
00:41:30and the higher the prices go,
00:41:32you know, the less of it there seems to be around here.
00:41:35Parker wants things done in a certain way and order,
00:41:38and I get that.
00:41:38It's his business.
00:41:39It's his company.
00:41:40You know, I've moved a lot of dirt up here,
00:41:42and, 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.
00:41:53I just wasted two hours.
00:41:57F**k.
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.
00:42:09Well, this is the type of s**t that made me leave the last time.
00:42:12A hundred miles east.
00:42:27We're going to have to pull the trigger on something,
00:42:29otherwise we're going to miss this whole season.
00:42:30Still waiting for his water license,
00:42:33and desperate for somewhere to mine,
00:42:35Rick's on his way to prospect new ground
00:42:38at a nearby claim, Lightning Creek.
00:42:42You can go to any mine out here
00:42:43and listen to the guy tell you how much gold's on the property,
00:42:45but which one's telling the truth?
00:42:47Not a single s**t one of them.
00:42:48So if we're going to get any answers up there,
00:42:50it's going to be our own.
00:42:52Rick's mining in the Keno Mountains
00:42:54has been boom or bust.
00:42:57The unpredictable ground
00:42:58almost bankrupted him six years ago
00:43:01until he hit the honey hole at Duncan Creek.
00:43:05We do our own testing and see what we find,
00:43:07and we know we can trust that.
00:43:10Rick's found gold on his Duncan Creek claim in two spots.
00:43:14Now he's hoping the pay streak extends
00:43:18to the Lightning Creek claim,
00:43:20eight miles upstream,
00:43:23near the gold motherlode at Mount Hinton.
00:43:25Lightning Creek is owned by Rick's old landlord,
00:43:30Troy 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.
00:43:40Good to see you.
00:43:41Hey, Troy.
00:43:42Ah, welcome to Lightning Creek.
00:43:44We'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% for 100-ounce minimum.
00:43:54Rick leased Duncan Creek
00:43:56from landowner Troy Taylor.
00:43:58Ah, that's nice-looking gold there, Rick.
00:44:01Then cut a handshake deal to buy the claim.
00:44:04Thanks, Rick.
00:44:05Appreciate 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 s***.
00:44:16This is your last s*** chance.
00:44:19It was a rocky ride,
00:44:21but finally the deal was done.
00:44:24Bar one crucial detail.
00:44:27I have to trust that that water license
00:44:29is going to come through.
00:44:30Yeah.
00:44:31You're all in.
00:44:32Yeah.
00:44:34All in.
00:44:35It was on Troy
00:44:37to get the water license for Rick,
00:44:39but now that it hasn't come through,
00:44:42he might have other ground
00:44:43for Rick to kick the tires on.
00:44:45Looks like you've done
00:44:46a little bit of work here, right?
00:44:47A little bit, yeah.
00:44:48Dad and I did some sluice
00:44:50in last September, so, yeah.
00:44:53Just you and your dad, pretty much?
00:44:54Yeah, just Dad and I.
00:44:55But what was the gold like?
00:44:56I mean, is it decent or?
00:44:58Yeah, it was decent.
00:44:59The gold is good here.
00:45:01We had some good results last fall.
00:45:02Dad and I did some testing,
00:45:03and we're pleased.
00:45:05Lightning is just like Upper Duncan
00:45:07in the sense that it's
00:45:08flowing through a canyon.
00:45:11Hopefully, gold has been flushed
00:45:13out of those canyons,
00:45:14like Upper Duncan,
00:45:15into this main valley.
00:45:16How much overburden is on top of, like?
00:45:18It's not bad.
00:45:19It's just, so it's about
00:45:21five feet of muck and sand.
00:45:24Great to pay, then.
00:45:25Oh, that's it, eh?
00:45:26Yeah.
00:45:26And I would just take about 15 feet,
00:45:28and then we get into another,
00:45:31it'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
00:45:41fighting 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.
00:45:47This is good till 2028,
00:45:50so you've got a few more years here,
00:45:51and we do, and...
00:45:54Why give us the option?
00:45:55I mean, it's just, you know...
00:45:56Why aren't you doing it?
00:46:02Well, I feel bad about
00:46:04this 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
00:46:12if you want to go here, so...
00:46:14There's no cost on your royalty.
00:46:16Yeah, there's no...
00:46:18There's a lot less risk for us, so...
00:46:19Yeah.
00:46:20And they don't sound like a salesman,
00:46:22but there is other people
00:46:23that have been calling me over the winter, so...
00:46:26But I've been holding on to this for you,
00:46:31so I'm hoping that we can work something out.
00:46:33Yeah.
00:46:33Yeah.
00:46:36You know, I mean, I...
00:46:38Can I trust you on this?
00:46:41Oh, I...
00:46:42Yeah.
00:46:43We've been, what, six years now together, so...
00:46:46Yeah.
00:46:47I think, uh...
00:46:48I mean, I just...
00:46:49There's been no shortage of surprises out here.
00:46:54I can't wait too much longer.
00:46:56Dad and I are going to keep mining
00:46:57or get somebody else in here, so...
00:47:00No, I understand that.
00:47:01We got the trauma here today,
00:47:03so we get some testing done
00:47:05and try to make a decision as quick as we can, so...
00:47:09Let's do it.
00:47:12It's definitely getting harder to trust people out here.
00:47:14You know, gold's at a premium.
00:47:16Water licenses are rare as can be.
00:47:18The vultures are circling.
00:47:21Troy, he always seems to have the answer when I don't.
00:47:23So it's, uh, you know, it's a win-win for Troy.
00:47:27F*** Troy.
00:47:38We need this to work out
00:47:39because we need to get somewhere to go mining
00:47:41and we need to quit.
00:47:49Still waiting for his water license,
00:47:51Rick Ness has to move his operation
00:47:55and is hoping new ground at Lightning Creek
00:47:59will be worth it.
00:48:00We've already done a couple of test holes,
00:48:02but I want to do one more here.
00:48:05That's a lot of big bullies down to this.
00:48:08Could be nice stuff.
00:48:09Troy Taylor has already stripped a section down to pay dirt,
00:48:14so Rick's making spot checks on the stripped ground.
00:48:17He'll run two square yards of pay
00:48:19and is looking for at least a gram from the run.
00:48:23By the sounds of Troy, you know,
00:48:25it's looking pretty good here.
00:48:26But I have kind of some doubts here,
00:48:29but at the same time,
00:48:30I really hope this is going to turn out for us.
00:48:43That should be a good enough speed.
00:48:44Yeah, for sure.
00:48:46Yeah, I'll go get the water going.
00:48:48Okay.
00:48:49Hey, Ricky.
00:48:55Are we ready for you to throw some in if you want?
00:48:58I'll give her a shot.
00:48:59This bucket's kind of big.
00:49:00I'll probably make a mess.
00:49:10It's washing the rocks really nice,
00:49:12so hopefully it gives us good breeding.
00:49:14That'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
00:49:23and then get the hell out of here and wait it,
00:49:24see what we got.
00:49:28Shut her down, clean her up.
00:49:29Yeah, man.
00:49:30Okay, let's do it.
00:49:33It doesn't have to be hot,
00:49:34but it's got to be hot enough for us to survive.
00:49:47That's girl.
00:49:48That's girl.
00:49:49Oh, hello, hello.
00:49:50Back at camp,
00:49:51the fate of Rick's season
00:49:53rests 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,
00:50:01it could be the lifeline he needs.
00:50:05What's the ground like down there?
00:50:06It's pretty shallow.
00:50:08Seems like only about an average
00:50:10of about five feet overburden,
00:50:12maybe a little bit more,
00:50:12and then a solid 15-foot thick pay layer.
00:50:16Well, that's pretty good.
00:50:17That's a really good, you know, ratio.
00:50:19I don't expect it to pay out like Vegas Valley,
00:50:22but 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
00:50:32this 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.
00:50:51We got 0.525 on there.
00:50:58Just 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
00:51:13with our hands out,
00:51:14no place to buy it.
00:51:17We're screwed.
00:51:21We had a super-fast start to the season.
00:51:33We have clean-ups
00:51:34and a couple bucks in the bank.
00:51:36A hundred miles away,
00:51:38Tony Beetz has already banked
00:51:40$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
00:51:48like it's his,
00:51:49but it's not his,
00:51:49it's still mine.
00:51:50So maybe we'll have to do something with him.
00:51:54He wants a piece of the action too.
00:51:57Once he has the hill up and running,
00:51:59well, then we'll just see what we can pull off.
00:52:04Tony's mining operation
00:52:05is split between two claims.
00:52:08Indian River,
00:52:09where he's already sluicing pay
00:52:11from the early bird cut,
00:52:13and 40 miles away,
00:52:15Paradise Hill,
00:52:17the core of the family business
00:52:19for over 30 years.
00:52:22Hey, Mike, de-copy, Mike, de-copy.
00:52:24Try the kitchen, would you please?
00:52:29Hey, Mike, how are you?
00:52:30Oh, good, yourself?
00:52:32No complaints.
00:52:36Last year, I was back and forth a bit,
00:52:38but this year,
00:52:38you won't see very much of me.
00:52:40You got lots to do here.
00:52:41I know.
00:52:42But I got quite a pile going on in the Indian too.
00:52:45But this gold price,
00:52:46if we don't get on it, boy,
00:52:48I tell you.
00:52:50Let's get it on the go.
00:52:52Get down to the pay door this week.
00:52:54That seems a little excessive.
00:52:56Oh, really?
00:52:59Step up to the plate.
00:53:01Yeah.
00:53:02Make some money so I can spend some more.
00:53:04How's that?
00:53:05Don't worry, Dad.
00:53:06I'll help you with that.
00:53:07Yeah, anyway, Mike,
00:53:09I can't shoot the shit
00:53:11and sit around there like you do.
00:53:12I got to go to work.
00:53:13Well, if you did your job better,
00:53:14you'd have more time.
00:53:15Oh, yeah.
00:53:16off, Mike.
00:53:17I'm leaving.
00:53:18See you later.
00:53:19Catch you later, Dad.
00:53:20Yeah, love you too.
00:53:21My gold do my job well
00:53:27and get the results my dad wants.
00:53:30So I'm going to get as much gold
00:53:32as I can this year.
00:53:34Because with the prices as they are,
00:53:36you're a moron
00:53:37if you don't take advantage of that.
00:53:40While Tony's based at Indian River,
00:53:43he's giving Mike sole charge
00:53:45of Paradise Hill,
00:53:47entrusting him with a nine-man crew
00:53:49to supersize the super pit.
00:53:52More responsibility, more authority.
00:53:55I want to focus on stripping
00:53:56before I get sluicing
00:53:57so that I can just,
00:53:59when I get sluicing,
00:54:00I don't stop.
00:54:05Over the last three years,
00:54:07the Beetz family has cleared out
00:54:09nearly four million tons
00:54:11of worthless overburden,
00:54:14creating an 18-acre super pit.
00:54:16The cut is home
00:54:19to the Klondike's fabled
00:54:20White Channel pay,
00:54:22concentrated gold
00:54:24washed down directly
00:54:25from hard rock deposits.
00:54:28So far,
00:54:29it's produced over 4,000 ounces of gold
00:54:32worth $15 million.
00:54:35This year,
00:54:37Mike plans to extend the cut
00:54:39by nearly 50%,
00:54:40opening up eight more acres of ground.
00:54:44Tony wants the first acre down
00:54:46to pay by the end of the week.
00:54:56We're going to have
00:54:57a whole whack load of stuff opened up,
00:54:59so we have a lot of work ahead of us.
00:55:04My dad bought six new trucks.
00:55:07We're going to strip, strip, strip, strip, strip, strip.
00:55:08Another year at Paradise.
00:55:12We're glad to be back.
00:55:13We've got brand-new rock trucks.
00:55:15Just hauling overburden from the cut.
00:55:18We're trying to expand.
00:55:20To get down
00:55:21to the gold-bearing pay lane,
00:55:24a D-11 dozer rips
00:55:25and pushes the worthless waste dirt
00:55:28called overburden
00:55:29to two excavators,
00:55:31which load it into rock trucks,
00:55:34haul it 2,000 feet away,
00:55:36and dump it on the waste pile.
00:55:41Hopefully get sluice in here
00:55:43in Paradise soon.
00:55:44Get that gold coming in.
00:55:59Guys, guys, guys,
00:56:00we've got a problem.
00:56:00We've got a problem.
00:56:01The cab truck has flipped.
00:56:02The cab of the cab truck has flipped.
00:56:06Oh, I'm stuck in here.
00:56:11You're right on the edge.
00:56:20Oh, I'm stuck in here.
00:56:29Oh, my .
00:56:30I honestly don't want to touch it.
00:56:33You're right on the edge.
00:56:34At Paradise Hill,
00:56:36a brand-new $750,000 rock truck
00:56:40has flipped,
00:56:41with driver Graham trapped
00:56:43inside the cab,
00:56:45hanging on the edge
00:56:46of a 200-foot drop.
00:56:48This side is just f***ing.
00:56:51I wish Mike could hurry up,
00:56:53because if the bang starts to go...
00:56:55This is not the circus
00:56:56I signed up for.
00:56:57Do I still have all my windows?
00:57:02You still have all your windows, yes.
00:57:04Oh, that exhaust, and hoses are pretty pulled, too.
00:57:16Oh, my hood's .
00:57:18Breaking our new truck right away.
00:57:21It's slowly dropping more and more,
00:57:23which is a little nerve-wracking.
00:57:28As long as you get me pulled out of here before I flip.
00:57:31OK.
00:57:33Well, he can't get out.
00:57:35Too big.
00:57:43Hey, Mike!
00:57:47Well, what the ?
00:57:48Is he still in there?
00:57:49Yeah.
00:57:50.
00:57:52He won't fit through that window.
00:57:53If you could double its size, he wouldn't fit.
00:57:55Rescue him, for sake.
00:57:57We're supposed to be in charge.
00:58:00Check out the window.
00:58:03Make him stand on the steering wheel.
00:58:05Stick his head out of the window.
00:58:06Kick the thing in.
00:58:08That way his eyes and ears and everything will be fine.
00:58:11Get his fat ass out.
00:58:13OK, you ready, Graeme?
00:58:14I guess so.
00:58:15OK, you ready, Graeme?
00:58:16I guess so.
00:58:17OK, you ready, Graeme?
00:58:18I guess so.
00:58:19All right, ma'am.
00:58:28Okay, you can try climbing up the seat there.
00:58:48Well, feels good to be out, but it's still a little shaky.
00:58:58Yeah.
00:59:00Glad it didn't go over the edge fully, that's...wow.
00:59:05Could be fired, could not be, depending on the mood.
00:59:08Hey, Mike, put it on the grass.
00:59:11To set the 36-ton truck back on its wheels, Tony and Mike use the 520-horsepower D10 dozer,
00:59:22while the 480 excavator holds the box in place to stop it dropping over the edge.
00:59:28Perfect, pull the .
00:59:33Pull it.
00:59:35Keep it going, keep it going.
00:59:37Perfect.
00:59:42I'm very sorry, Sony.
00:59:47I know, and not really thinking anything I do about it, because you're on the frost,
00:59:52and they're slippery.
00:59:53I still feel bad since it's a brand-new truck, but...
00:59:56Well, that doesn't know how the happens, my man.
00:59:59I was expecting him to be a little bit more aggravated.
01:00:02I flipped one of the new ones.
01:00:04There's no use firing people at his neck, because when you fire somebody, there's two people
01:00:10that lose.
01:00:11I 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?
01:00:19Yeah.
01:00:20I'll be the hood be f***ed, the fender all be f***ed, the railing all be f***ed.
01:00:25Nobody hurt, that's always a big thing.
01:00:27Yeah.
01:00:28For Mike, it's now a fight to hit pay dirt by the end of the week with one less truck,
01:00:34and show Tony he can run Paradise Hill on his own.
01:00:39It's enough h*** if you want to prove yourself.
01:00:43I suggest you get rid of it.
01:00:45Brennan and I are trying to get as much ground opened 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
01:01:07their first hidden pay pocket.
01:01:10How far did the dredge get over here, figure out what's left for us?
01:01:15Now, they're ready for Parker to pan.
01:01:19Hopefully we got something for him to look at.
01:01:22Old Parker likes to see the gold and, you know, he wants it now.
01:01:27Like this, to me, looks virgin.
01:01:31I really don't know what to expect.
01:01:38I'm just going to show Mitch.
01:01:57One pan out of the downstream edge of your ditch.
01:02:01Holy smoke.
01:02:05That's why we're doing this.
01:02:08Wow.
01:02:09And that's pretty exciting.
01:02:12Find it again.
01:02:14Yeah, hopefully there's more of that.
01:02:17That was a really good pan.
01:02:19Now we just need to get a wash plant in here and find out if it mines like it pans.
01:02:2425 miles southeast at Dominion Creek.
01:02:30We got the ice out of the bridge cut.
01:02:32We got pay stacked up.
01:02:34Now it's time we get sluicing.
01:02:36Tyson is on the clock.
01:02:38Parker wants wash plant Bob sluicing by the end of the day.
01:02:43I haven't talked to Al Kalim yet.
01:02:45There will be no waiting.
01:02:47Parker has made that abundantly clear.
01:02:54How's it going, guys?
01:02:57We're ready to run dirt.
01:02:59The hopper's going to be the main holdup for Bob starting.
01:03:06The pre-wash hopper feeder?
01:03:08Yeah.
01:03:09This feed chain system is .
01:03:12This plant can't run without it.
01:03:14Man.
01:03:16It 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.
01:03:24And the mechanics want to install a new one.
01:03:27Parker, he wants Bob running today.
01:03:31There's no getting around to this right now.
01:03:35Yeah.
01:03:37F*** me.
01:03:38Let's get at it.
01:03:40We've got a lot of work to do.
01:03:54Mr. Justin.
01:03:56Hey, boys.
01:03:57Mr. Bill.
01:03:58Gentlemen.
01:03:59What's going on?
01:04:01We brought a rush, rush project.
01:04:04At Dominion Creek, Parker's mechanics are hustling to fix the feed chain system on Bob's pre-wash
01:04:12conveyor.
01:04:13All right.
01:04:14Well, let's get this thing unloaded and get at it, because it ain't going to fix itself.
01:04:19The pre-wash conveyor moves Pater into the shaker to be washed.
01:04:25The motor, which turns 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 inwards, breaking apart the sprocket and bearings.
01:04:41To fix this design fault, the mechanics will remove the small chain and sprocket, fit a new front drive shaft, and align the motor so it sends power directly to the shaft.
01:04:56There we go.
01:04:57Let the motor come out of there nice and easy.
01:05:10Okay.
01:05:11We're laughing.
01:05:14This is the final fit.
01:05:17There we go.
01:05:23Perfect.
01:05:24All right.
01:05:28So that, that is it.
01:05:31Copy Alec.
01:05:33Go for Alec.
01:05:36You are ready to roll, my friend.
01:05:38Sweet.
01:05:39We'll come grab it.
01:05:45Wide load coming to you.
01:05:54Well, look at this.
01:05:55You guys pulled it off.
01:05:57What do you say we can get Bob running?
01:06:09Keep it coming.
01:06:11Lift it up a little bit.
01:06:13Whoa there, buddy.
01:06:15There it goes.
01:06:16You're in.
01:06:17Beautiful.
01:06:18Sweet.
01:06:19Everything's in place.
01:06:20Okay, you guys ready?
01:06:21Yep.
01:06:22Yep.
01:06:23Well, here we go.
01:06:24Let's fire bomb up.
01:06:25Take your decks on.
01:06:26Here goes the pre-wash offer.
01:06:32It's spin.
01:06:33Here goes the first scoop of the season.
01:06:39The pre-wash conveyor delivers pay dirt to the plant.
01:06:54Water jets blast the gold and fine dirt off the rocks.
01:07:01A shaker deck vibrates a set of screens to separate out the larger rocks.
01:07:07While the smaller gold-bearing material washes down into two 14-by-10-foot sluices where the riffles and mats catch the gold.
01:07:32Beautiful sight right there, Liam.
01:07:35First wash plank going on Dominion.
01:07:38That is a beautiful sight.
01:07:40With three days sluice time before the end of the week, Tyson's on the gold.
01:07:46Parker's big push for 10,000 ounces is on.
01:07:51Bob's got a lot of ground to get through this here.
01:08:05Miners across the Yukon are gathering at Dawson City for the Klondike Placer Mining Association meeting.
01:08:12The KTMA warn a glut of unprocessed water licenses is putting livelihoods at risk.
01:08:19What a joke.
01:08:22Desperate to start his season, Rick is in Dawson to meet the Klondike Placer Mining Association, a local union working with miners with no water licenses.
01:08:34My back's against the wall.
01:08:36I've been up to my elbows in this, you know, in this whole water license stuff.
01:08:40It sucks, man.
01:08:41It really sucks.
01:08:42The state of the industry is not too great.
01:08:44A lot of people in the exact same bonus 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.
01:08:52Give me some kind of reason to stick with Duncan Creek.
01:08:54You know, without it, I don't know what the hell we're going to do.
01:08:56Hey!
01:08:57That's somebody I know.
01:08:59What's going on, buddy?
01:09:00How you doing?
01:09:01I'm okay.
01:09:02How are you, man?
01:09:03I'm all right.
01:09:04Better than you.
01:09:05Yeah?
01:09:06I've heard what's going on.
01:09:07Oh, man.
01:09:08There'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.
01:09:18And it's death by delay.
01:09:19Yeah.
01:09:20This is absolutely right.
01:09:21Right?
01:09:22Just shoot me in the head.
01:09:23Don't give me a slow death.
01:09:24Yeah.
01:09:25But let's see what they do in the meeting.
01:09:27And then why don't I buy you a beer afterwards?
01:09:29I appreciate that, man.
01:09:30All right.
01:09:33Let's just go in this meeting and see what they say and go from there.
01:09:41Something's got to give.
01:09:48Yeah, I've had enough of that.
01:10:03Big waste of time.
01:10:04It gets us nowhere.
01:10:06It's just a bull , you know?
01:10:08Like, who's ass do I put my fist up to get some results here?
01:10:11And maybe I'll be done.
01:10:12Who knows?
01:10:13Who the knows at this point?
01:10:15Probably gonna go have a beer.
01:10:16Maybe 10.
01:10:17In 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?
01:10:29Good to see you, buddy.
01:10:30Good to see you.
01:10:31You know, the last time we were together was, um, 14 years ago.
01:10:38Really?
01:10:39You think that was the last time I was still young?
01:10:41That's a long time ago.
01:10:42I remember, I was like, I think Tony Beetz is like the coolest guy in the world.
01:10:50And I want to be like Tony.
01:10:54It'll be a long time.
01:10:55But you know what?
01:10:56Been good years.
01:10:57Right?
01:10:58Yeah.
01:10:59Every 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.
01:11:08So, how's Rick?
01:11:10You having fun?
01:11:12No.
01:11:13The KP Bay has gotten us nowhere.
01:11:15Basically, we can't touch Duncan Creek.
01:11:17Ooh, that's not very good.
01:11:19No, it's kind of a slap in the face.
01:11:21Do you?
01:11:22Have that other block of ground.
01:11:24Lightning Creek?
01:11:25Yeah.
01:11:26Um, well, I don't have it.
01:11:28It's Troy's.
01:11:29So, it's a lease.
01:11:30But he's like a pretty reasonable landlord.
01:11:32He is.
01:11:33And, you know...
01:11:34They're not like me.
01:11:36Yeah.
01:11:37I wasn't going to say that, but yeah.
01:11:40And you've done like one test or a bunch of tests?
01:11:43We did a few tests there.
01:11:44Not very happy about it.
01:11:46But there's a license there for three years.
01:11:49That's pretty good.
01:11:50But I'm not sure if there's a lot of gold in it.
01:11:54But, I mean, you have one thing going for you.
01:11:57And that is, like, gold price is so good.
01:11:59Good.
01:12:00No, I hear you.
01:12:01But this is definitely a gamble.
01:12:03Oh, .
01:12:04Gold price is excellent.
01:12:06If you're lucky enough to have a license, hurry the up, mine the out of it, and leave.
01:12:12That's it.
01:12:13You just got to get out there and wash as many rocks as you can.
01:12:17Get the over there and make it work, Rick.
01:12:22You're right.
01:12:24Make some money.
01:12:25Oh, yeah.
01:12:26Hope it goes well.
01:12:29Well, I've got to run.
01:12:31I've got a dog that needs a walk.
01:12:34Parking it was fun.
01:12:35Rick.
01:12:36It's great to see you guys.
01:12:37Me too, for sure.
01:12:38There you go.
01:12:39Hey, let's not wait another 14 years, huh?
01:12:40Yeah.
01:12:41Yeah, do it.
01:12:42I've known Rick for 15 years.
01:12:45He was there for all the years where I was just, like, scared to death of going broke.
01:12:50I was scared to death of people taking advantage of me.
01:12:52I was scared to death of Tony kicking me off the ground.
01:12:55This business eats you alive if you're not ready for it.
01:13:00With Rick, I could definitely see him losing everything and leaving the gold fields broke.
01:13:10But I could also see him building an empire.
01:13:13And I really hope that he's successful.
01:13:16I do.
01:13:19I cut my teeth out here with Parker.
01:13:20I've known Tony since the day I walked into the Klondike.
01:13:23And they've always had good advice, and I'd be foolish not to take it.
01:13:28I've got Lightning Creek as an option right now, and we're going to take that option.
01:13:31We're going to run with it.
01:13:40I'd like to remind all rock truck drivers and the hoe operator working in the cut.
01:13:47Keep going.
01:13:48Keep skimming her off.
01:13:49Strip, strip, strip, strip, strip, strip.
01:13:51After a disastrous start managing Tony's Paradise Hill claim, Mike Beetz is racing to get down to pay.
01:14:00Mike's doing the best with what he's got, but we need to move this dirt, get to the gold, get to the pay.
01:14:06Our guys are doing real good.
01:14:09They're moving a lot of dirt.
01:14:11There's some of this , like right here.
01:14:13This has gone very far from the pay.
01:14:15There's so many rocks.
01:14:16That's usually a good indicator that's good stuff.
01:14:22If you want to drive in, I can grab my Kubota because it makes its way in.
01:14:25Ah, let's walk.
01:14:27Looks like you need it.
01:14:29Mike, do you copy Mike?
01:14:34Yeah.
01:14:35Go ahead.
01:14:36We're down to pay here.
01:14:38Do you want to come check it out?
01:14:40I'll be there in a minute.
01:14:43A little bit of clay in it, but it's got the rocks.
01:14:48Could be a fat chunk, huh?
01:14:50Let's grab a pan.
01:14:52Now what if I forgot how the pan would be ?
01:15:02Give me a rock.
01:15:06Where would you like it?
01:15:07Right there.
01:15:09Thank you, sir.
01:15:22Look at that.
01:15:34A good pan.
01:15:35Nice, fine stuff.
01:15:37Yeah.
01:15:38As fine as frog hair, as they say, but that's on the top anyway, right?
01:15:43Well, we can just lose that, Mike, right?
01:15:45Oh, yeah.
01:15:46Without a question.
01:15:47We hit pay in Paradise Hill.
01:15:52The Indian sluice lot is doing a good job.
01:15:55So everything is looking up.
01:15:56Everything is looking pretty good.
01:15:59Be hot in business.
01:16:00Perfect.
01:16:08We're back.
01:16:10Hold on.
01:16:11Before Tyson cleared all the ice,
01:16:13Parker turned the bridge cut into a racetrack.
01:16:20Oh, .
01:16:33Just push on the front a little bit.
01:16:35Come on.
01:16:36Get in there.
01:16:37Cody, get in there.
01:16:38Cody, get in there.
01:16:43Cody, get in there.
01:16:44Every light on the dash is on.
01:16:58You know any good mechanics?
01:17:00Dude, they're going to kill me if they find out why this happened.
01:17:03Don't tell anybody.
01:17:04We're down a foreman, but I think being as set up as we are now, it is doable.
01:17:19And, well, we are going to try.
01:17:21Tony's eldest son, Kevin, has been running his Scribner Creek mine for a week, relying more on operator Caden Foote.
01:17:30This is the earliest I've started sluicing in a season, but I feel like it's going to be a bit of a struggle without Brennan.
01:17:39He was an all-around great foreman.
01:17:43We really got to, as a team, come together so we can get as much out as we can.
01:17:49Hey, man.
01:17:50Got some yellow .
01:17:51Oh!
01:17:52Hi, guys.
01:17:53Hey, man.
01:17:54How's it going, pal?
01:17:55How are you?
01:17:56Not too bad.
01:17:57Kevin leases the ground from Tony and pays a 10% royalty on any gold he finds.
01:18:12So, your second year on your own.
01:18:15How are you feeling about that?
01:18:17Are you going to crush it?
01:18:19Honestly, I'm feeling pretty good.
01:18:22Ready to roll this year.
01:18:23You don't have to buy this, buy every thing, right?
01:18:26Yeah.
01:18:27Yeah.
01:18:28So that's got to make a lot easier start this year.
01:18:30It definitely is a lot nicer to hit the ground running.
01:18:33What's happening with Brennan?
01:18:35Well, we didn't know he was showing up, and then he finally came and talked to us.
01:18:40He told us that he wasn't coming back.
01:18:43It would have been nice if you would have let you know that in the winter.
01:18:46It would have been nice, for sure.
01:18:47Yeah.
01:18:48That's people for you again.
01:18:49That's people for you.
01:18:50Oh, yeah.
01:18:51So, who gives a .
01:18:52Next.
01:18:53That's how it goes next.
01:18:54Uh, Tay, you had a nice early start.
01:18:59And have some gold coming out of the ground right away.
01:19:02Yeah.
01:19:03What's your goal?
01:19:04My goal is $2,000.
01:19:06And we already have a little bit of chunk of gold at the start of the season.
01:19:10So that's nice.
01:19:12You maybe think we can weigh it up?
01:19:14All right.
01:19:15Are we ready?
01:19:16Kevin ran his stockpiled pay for one week at Scribner Creek.
01:19:2115, 20, 30, 40, 50, 57.04.
01:19:38$200,000 in gold, $60,000 more than the same amount was worth last season.
01:19:47And that's how many hours?
01:19:48Seventy.
01:19:49Seventy.
01:19:50Seventy hours.
01:19:51So 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, 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.
01:20:02You know?
01:20:03Okay, woman, let's get the out of here.
01:20:04Let's go.
01:20:05Yeah.
01:20:06We have to work, so we'll talk to you guys later.
01:20:08Okay.
01:20:09Ladies and gentlemen, don't work too hard.
01:20:10Bye.
01:20:11Bye.
01:20:12Catch you later.
01:20:13Hey, dog.
01:20:14Come on.
01:20:15That was a decent go away.
01:20:16Yeah, not too mad.
01:20:18It's kind of nice to see this yellow stuff this early in the season.
01:20:22I'm sure the folks would be happy for us, too.
01:20:24But the big thing we're looking for right now is the foreman.
01:20:28We'll get hiring and something will show up.
01:20:34Nice little haul.
01:20:35I mean, it's a good start.
01:20:37It's a couple bucks, huh?
01:20:38Royalty-wise.
01:20:39Royalty-wise, yeah.
01:20:40It's all right.
01:20:41It's all right.
01:20:42There's nothing like making money off your kids, is there?
01:20:51What's happening?
01:20:52How's it going, man?
01:20:53Going good.
01:20:54Good.
01:20:55It's been a while since we've done one of these.
01:20:57Yeah.
01:21:00Pig cat!
01:21:01He is back!
01:21:04How's it going?
01:21:05Welcome back.
01:21:06Yeah, thank you.
01:21:07It's good having you back.
01:21:08Yeah.
01:21:09And there's a lot to do this year, so we need all the help we can get.
01:21:11Definitely.
01:21:12It's the end of the first week of what could be a game-changing season for Parker.
01:21:19This is the year, huh?
01:21:20Yeah.
01:21:21We need to just shove dirt down those wash plants' throats, huh?
01:21:28It's a long road to 10,000.
01:21:30Tyson's got Bob running right now in the bridge cut.
01:21:36Sulfur's drying out a little bit.
01:21:39We've got the trucks upstream there stripping.
01:21:41And that's going all right?
01:21:42Yep.
01:21:45Are you ready, T?
01:21:46Let's check it out, Dumit.
01:21:48This is Mr. Bob.
01:21:49This is your first plant.
01:21:50Well, here we go.
01:21:51All eyes are on Tyson's first run from the bridge cut.
01:21:56Last season's payouts were unpredictable.
01:21:59Parker's looking for at least 100 ounces from three days' sluicing.
01:22:0410, 20, 40, 60, 80.
01:22:14Going to break 100.
01:22:16There we go.
01:22:17100, 120.
01:22:19125.8.
01:22:20Nice.
01:22:21Very nice.
01:22:22Worth?
01:22:23Over $440,000.
01:22:24Looks like it was worth getting that ice off.
01:22:25Yeah.
01:22:26We're on the board.
01:22:27Yeah.
01:22:28That's definitely a good start, but we have a long ways to go.
01:22:32So I hope everybody's ready to buckle in.
01:22:33All right.
01:22:34Thank you, guys.
01:22:36Do it again next week.
01:22:37The cat is back.
01:22:38Meow.
01:22:39This season, we're really going to be hopping.
01:22:40Hopes are high and I think we've got a good shot at making our ten thousand ounces this year.
01:22:45The cat is back.
01:22:46Meow.
01:22:47So 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
01:23:08at 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.
01:23:17We'll have 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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