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Gold Rush - Season 16 Episode 11 - Cleaning Up In Vegas
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00:00Troy's been bugging me about his final payment there on Lightning Creek and I
00:24got a hundred ounce of gold in a jar so I'm gonna go pay it to him right now and
00:29kind of get him off my back 44 year old Rick Ness is betting on himself he's
00:37purchasing his second gold mine Lightning Creek expanding his Kino Empire to 3600
00:45acres of ground hey Troy good good see ya what's going on yeah I brought you some
00:54gold you know I wasn't trying to jerk you around or nothing so there's a there's a
00:57hundred ounces in there yeah I'm assuming there's a hundred ounces in here I'll go
01:04away as soon as you oh yeah yeah I know I know I know yeah we had no there's a
01:07hundred ounces in there yeah and you know with today's gold prices that's a chunk
01:10so yeah yeah it's looking good yeah this is the final payment you're on your way
01:14so you're off to the races so good luck all right good business as always okay
01:18that's good to have that off my back I always like paying off debts Lightning
01:22Creek we haven't made it we haven't made a payoff yet but I know we will it's a it's
01:26an asset for the future and it's an option so it's a good day
01:29for now Rick's new claim is an insurance policy for the foreseeable future he's focusing his
01:42operation on Vegas Valley a spot that paid out nearly 800 ounces last year but his water
01:49license expires in just four months I just really got to hope that we had our $1,800 goal we're
01:57running what's left of you know last year's stock pop I know there's a lot of gold there because we
02:02need a lot after I spent all that money good news though is that we got the Vegas Valley water license
02:06extended this year it came out of nowhere um but uh but I'll take it you know right back where we want
02:11to be we know the gold's there but at the end of the day it's only good till November so we really
02:16got to get as much gold out of Vegas Valley as we can because we don't don't know if we'll be able
02:20to come back got this Bagus Valley stockpile it's probably 300 ounces in in this pay pile but we're
02:36burning through it pretty quick Rick's crew are running a leftover pay pile from last year and now
02:43have to get back on pay dirt at the bottom of the cut well I don't really want to shut monster red
02:49down now that we're getting the gold so I I'm gonna go down and talk to Bailey we just need to get to
02:53the bottom of Vegas Valley ASAP
02:56what's going on I don't know if you've seen the pay pile but it's going fast and I know it does a week max is
03:14what we've got to run through the plant you know and it might might be only five or six days with the
03:19late start that we're getting it's pretty important that we keep that plan so um you know I know I hear
03:23that in the spring you did you know you did a good job at lightning Creek you open that up quick and
03:27so I I need you to do the same thing right get back into Vegas Valley open her up and just do what
03:31you do is it realistic to think that you could get pay up there before that pile's gone I think we
03:39can do it build a new road yeah we should be able to for sure that's uh I mean that's that's what I
03:46want to hear if we need another road you work on that yeah okay you got a week hey let's burn some
03:52some teeth good man last year Rick's crew moved a mountain to open up Vegas Valley digging down a
04:03hundred and sixty feet they removed more than one million yards of dirt before they hit pay over winter
04:12Vegas Valley flooded Rick has drained the water but the road into the cut has washed away now to get
04:21back down to the pay layer Bailey must build a new 500 foot road down to the bottom of the cut and start
04:29pulling pay before monster red runs out of its stockpile to get the job done in a week Bailey needs all
04:40three of Rick's working rock trucks hey Ryan you got a copy you want to come over here and take a look at
04:59this rock truck it's uh it won't even turn over yep give me a couple I'll be over sounds good thanks
05:06all the lights turn on everything and you go to start it and don't even turn over all right Kai
05:15we'll do some tests on it we'll get it figured out thank you Ryan's here I'm gonna hop in this truck
05:21uh and uh while he's fixing that one so that we can keep the trucks rolling until Ryan can fix the
05:29problem Rick's down to just two rock trucks
05:33you know it's on me but it's on the rock truck drivers too they gotta move the material just as
05:49quick as I gotta you know load them
05:51oh for sake now what did you do
06:19you shut the truck off your hydraulic tank just fell off not a good day to be a rock truck after a
06:30second rock truck craps out Bailey's left with just one truck to build the road I'm just sitting here
06:38burning fuel his hopes of finishing the Vegas Valley Road before they run out of pay are getting slimmer by
06:46the hour dude that's bad yeah it's bad he's lucky those six bolts up there holding otherwise he would
06:52have just ran the tank over and it would have been bad here's your three bolts right here somehow every
06:58one of those sheared off I don't think it's driver abuse by any means I just think either these were coming
07:07loose and once one came loose the other started moving loose these are the original trucks I started with
07:14about seven years ago I don't see any damage tanks fine but I don't recommend we run it
07:22that's just another hit it's not good we got rock trucks down we got a hell of a lot of dirt to move
07:28out of Vegas Valley so hopefully ride get it fixed quick and get back to business
07:33my goal this season I was going for about six and a half thousand ounces things are actually going
07:58really well we're really banging off the hours and we're really running the yardage and we're getting
08:03quite a few ounces of gold out of the ground midway through his season the king of the Klondike has
08:10already banked half his season target 11 million dollars worth of gold Indian River we got two boxes
08:21going running 24 hours a day we are almost finished listing pay out of the river cup so I need the corner
08:27cut open up Tony's tearing through his Indian River claim which has delivered a thousand ounces more
08:36gold than this time last season to keep up momentum he's now opening the corner cut which he believes
08:44holds up to 20 million dollars worth of gold the corner cut in the Indian right now is a big cut I
08:53don't think I've ever had one this big I'll bet you this thing is three full claims right now we're doing
09:00a lot of stripping and right now it takes too long to load a truck so we got to fix that up Tony's in a rush
09:08to get down to pay dirt because at the river cut his double wash plant setup is churning through pay at record
09:16speed if the river cut is done before he's pulling pay from the corner cut Tony will have to shut down
09:24the speed things up down there now we think the biggest accident we've got 950 bring it through
09:31the Indian River and with a 950 it takes less than a minute to load a rock truck where the other ones
09:38it takes two bigger hole double production pretty simple there's just one problem the 950 is currently
09:48at Paradise Hill being used by son Mike's crew Michael D copy Michael D copy go ahead go ahead I need that
09:59to hold the 950 40 miles from Paradise Hill to the Indian River
10:28Tony's crew need to first remove the boom and stick then load them along with the body onto two heavy
10:37duty low boys now we're pulling the main stick pin out and then all the weights off that we'll be able
10:48to flip the boom up swing it around and pull the next piece give her a good pull
11:00went out of alignment there a little bit
11:06hey no bucket don't do that just back up
11:13just ask you guys to get out of the way because it might break here
11:18stand back
11:22holy
11:24the excavator shifted a little bit and that pinched on the pin
11:29so I think the press might be the option for this so I'll hang this thing from my crane and I can
11:38pressure this up with the hydraulic pump and it's got quite a bit of force to help pull that pin out
11:43I'm gonna be irritated by it taking this long but nothing I can do to change that
11:51we've broken it loose there where it was pinched up so we're just gonna give it a try with the loader
12:05speed things up
12:06lift the boom out of its place set it down walk the 950 on a trailer and away it goes
12:27when Tony's around it definitely kicks everybody into gear it's uh you don't want to be standing
12:36around with your hands in your pockets when Tony's around here as I'm standing around my hands in
12:42my pockets looks like the boys did a good job now we'll load up the body put it on the rail and then
12:50down the road we go after losing 16 tons removing the stick and boom the 950s body still weighs 84
12:59tons a regular trailer you just walk it on chain it down and away it goes this one you got a block up
13:05underneath the excavator and then lift up the trailer and then pray that it lifts up the
13:09hole high enough to drive it
13:10Darren is gonna take the mainframe and I'll take this one
13:16get the thing out of here
13:20Tony sets off first transporting the boom and stick
13:30Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:39Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:39Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:39Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:39Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:43Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:47Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:51Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:53Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:54Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:55Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:56Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:57Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
13:59Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
14:00Darren follows behind with the body of the 950
14:00Hey, Dad and D, copy, Dad and D, copy.
14:26Dad and D, copy, Dad and D, copy.
14:30Tony Beetz is hauling his 950 excavator from Paradise Hill to Indian River, but 20 miles
14:52out, he's lost contact with driver Darren.
14:55Sometimes you get higher up, you get a bit more of a straight line, sometimes you get
15:04lucky, but you can reach them.
15:10I've got to have a look, see what's happening.
15:15Hey Darren, are you on that one?
15:17Darren, are you on that one?
15:19Hello, Tony.
15:19I wonder if I should ask these people to drive me down the hill so I can have a look at
15:28what you got.
15:33We blew an airbag on the trailer.
15:35It's not going to be an easy fix.
15:38Let's see what he's got.
15:39Tony's only option, walk the excavator.
15:53Tony's only option, walk the excavator, which has a painfully slow top speed of 2.7 miles
16:11an hour, the 20 miles to Indian River, delaying his plan to get to pay in the corner cut.
16:19Start walking.
16:21Sometimes you just have no choice.
16:23Tyson was going to pull a stripping crew out of the bridge cut to come do fine tannings,
16:43and I was like, man, just throw me in a hoe and I'll buy you a couple shifts.
16:49Parker Schnabel is back in the saddle, with his eyes on a 10,000-ounce, $35 million prize.
16:58I still enjoy getting in machinery, but I just don't have the time to do it anymore.
17:03My job has changed massively, and it's important that I do what I think is the most critical
17:12issue at hand, and it's just that the size the company is now, that never is like, oh,
17:17I need to be in that piece of equipment doing that job.
17:21Midway through the season, Parker is closing in on 5,000 ounces, half his season goal.
17:29The biggest issue that we're going to have, I think, which is the only thing I'm really
17:33worried about, is having enough sluicing capacity.
17:36There's a lot of sluicing left to do.
17:38For the first time ever, Parker is running four wash plants, Big Red, Slucifer, and Bob
17:48at Dominion Creek, while Roxanne works at Ken and Stewart's on the Indian River, where
17:55Parker needs to produce 2,000 ounces, a fifth of his season goal.
18:00At the Indian River, there's definitely, you know, a massive amount of dirt moving that
18:07needs to happen.
18:08If we don't focus on that, we don't meet the target.
18:18Foreman Mitch Blaschke is away for the next two days.
18:21So it's all on acting foreman Brennan Ruo to keep the gold rolling in at Indian River.
18:31We're trying to get him a massive pay pile, so that way we have time to take care of other
18:36things.
18:37So the work just never stops.
18:39So we've got to keep everything rolling down here as efficient as possible.
18:45We've just got to keep this plant running.
18:47We've got a lot of pay to chew through here, and as long as we keep it going, we'll all
18:53have nice, happy bonuses at the end of the year.
19:08Why isn't that shaker net going?
19:17F***ing!
19:33Brennan got a copy.
19:36Hey buddy, what's going on?
19:38Hey man, the shaker deck just stopped going.
19:41You've got to be joking me.
19:44Jenny's on, breaker's on.
19:46Nothing happens.
19:48Okay, buddy. I'll get us some mechanics as quick as I can.
19:56I do not want to see that plant down.
19:59We have way too much ground to get through here.
20:02They need to be down here to make any pay pile.
20:06Brennan calls in father and son mechanics, Bill Horton and Justin Dreesen,
20:12to investigate the breakdown.
20:13The overload protection is shutting it down.
20:17Why? We're not sure yet.
20:19So we've got to just start testing wires
20:23and find out if there's an overload on a certain wire, a certain leg.
20:28Lots to check.
20:32We went through all the wiring.
20:34We pulled a lot of the connections apart, put them back together.
20:38Okay, Jess, let's give her a whirl maybe.
20:41We'll put these covers back on and we'll try some dirt through it.
20:44Okay, ready?
20:45Okay.
20:46Yep.
20:52Bill tests the flow of electricity, measured in amps, driving the shaker motor.
20:58Well, right now she's shaking, so the amperage is a little bit higher than we want it.
21:04We're at 42, 43 range.
21:08We only really want to be at 35.
21:17Right now everything is running.
21:21I'm pretty happy right now, so I'm just hoping this happiness can last all day.
21:25I think we've finally found the cause of the problem.
21:45Okay, you're good, you're good, you're good.
21:46We have a hole right through.
21:49Dirt's been in there quite a while, so those bearings will be toast.
21:53Pull up and pull the shaft out.
21:55It's sick.
21:55Rock sand shaker deck gets its rocking motion from a rotating shaft inside a metal cylinder
22:03with counterweights at each end.
22:07Bearings reduce friction as the shaft spins.
22:10Over time, a rock has worked its way under a guard plate, and after years of vibrating in the same spot,
22:19the rock has worn a hole into the cylinder, letting in water and dirt, partially seizing the bearings.
22:27To fix the problem, the bearings have to be removed.
22:31The shaft pulled out.
22:33The hole welded shut.
22:35The shaft reinserted, and new bearings fitted, before it can be fired up and start sluicing again.
22:45Bill and Justin begin by removing the bearings.
22:51Glad my knee wasn't under that.
22:53There's brass in the water.
22:56Oh yeah, the bearings are done.
22:59You want to swing it out, and I'll wind it down.
23:02Okay.
23:03Okay, ready?
23:04Mm-hmm.
23:05The process is repeated on the other side.
23:14We got it.
23:15Next, they pull out the 2,000-pound shaft.
23:21You're going to pick now, so go ahead.
23:24There we go, buddy.
23:36We got a shaft out on the ground.
23:38Every hour, the plant is down.
23:40Parker is losing over $4,000 in gold production.
23:45We got a lot of work ahead of us right now, and we really don't have time for it.
23:51Any downtime is going to kill us right now, you know, and that's what scared me.
23:54Hopefully, we'll have it fixed, so when Mitch is back, we're running full tilt.
23:59Downtime's the biggest killer this time of year.
24:01We're running what's left in a stockpile from last season.
24:19It's nice that we had that, but it's going to run out soon.
24:21Rick Ness is chasing a potential $1 million payout from a stockpile, while his crew race to get to pay at the bottom of Vegas Valley before it runs out.
24:35The linchpin in the plan? Rebuilding the road that descends 50 feet into the pit.
24:41I made a promise to Rick that I can do this road and try to get down here as quick as we can, and I'm worried that we're not going to make it down on the pay, and, you know, they're going to run out of pay before I can get there.
24:50With just one rock truck at his disposal, Bailey's chances of getting the job done are slim.
24:58You know, right now, with no trucks, it's not helping us get down there.
25:02Now is crunch time, and we need to get moving.
25:05And I don't want to fail Rick.
25:09Kai just went to go start his truck and said everything powers up, but when he turns the ignition, he's got nothing.
25:15Mechanic Ryan has been struggling to get two downed trucks back up and running, and has finally made a breakthrough.
25:24Basically, what somebody's done here is they have spliced the igniter wires on the relay together.
25:32Basically, what that igniter wire does, it sends a signal down to the relay on the starter and tells the starter, hey, it's time to engage.
25:39It looks like somebody's put in a couple splices, cut the wires off, and decided that was going to be an easy fix.
25:46So, what we'll do is fix their splice and see if it starts.
25:53No big deal.
25:54All good.
26:04Halfway there.
26:07We'll get the wire fixed.
26:09This truck fires up.
26:11It looks like we got our hands pulled at the next one, though.
26:13This tank right here is hydraulic and then brake fluid.
26:22The three mounting bolts right up top have completely sheared off.
26:26Years of abuse.
26:27The bolts, you know, they'll sit there and wear and wear and wear, and eventually you hit one good bump, and there's plenty of them out here.
26:33And now that tank is down, so I'm going to need to lift this up and press it in.
26:39Try to get my main spacers and bolts put in up here that connect to the frame.
26:43Once we get this up and in position, we're three bolts in.
26:48All the other equipment is way up on the hill, so no need to bring more manpower down here.
26:54I'll just try to wing her.
26:55I'm the only mechanic on the crew.
26:57It's a lot of stress.
27:02What a brace.
27:03I think it might work.
27:07This one's it.
27:08Done.
27:09That's good.
27:10All right, that's it.
27:12Everything's bolted down.
27:13This truck's ready to hit back on that monster cut.
27:17Bailey, you got a copy?
27:19Yeah.
27:20Hey, man, good news.
27:21We got that hydraulic tank remounted up, so it's going to be another truck in your rotation.
27:25Yeah, Ryan, that's great, man.
27:27I'll be able to finish this off a lot quicker now.
27:29All three trucks now back in the field.
27:34Bailey has a fighting chance of finishing the road before the stockpiled pay runs out.
27:40Hey, Rick, you got a copy?
27:52Copy, copy.
27:53Yeah, we're almost out of pay here.
27:56Is that all the pay that's left right there, that little pile?
27:59Probably five more buckets, not even.
28:03You guys got to open your eyes somewhere else or something.
28:05We're going to make a decision here and figure out what the hell we're going to do.
28:10We need some pay up here pretty soon or we're going to be shutting down the plant.
28:17Bailey, give us an update on what's going on down there.
28:20This is going to take a lot longer than expected, and the truck's being broken down.
28:25It's way too much work down here.
28:30That's great.
28:31That's it.
28:33Didn't make it.
28:34We didn't want to have to shut it down, but that's where we're at.
28:38We're out of pay right now.
28:42With only 190 ounces so far this year, Rick's forced to shut down while the crew continue to build the road.
28:51Hit the bypass.
28:52And pray the stockpile pays out big enough to keep it in business.
28:58Yeah, it's not a good feeling shutting down Monster Red this time of year, especially when we don't know when the next round of pay is coming.
29:05We've got a lot of work to do to get the 1,800 ounces, I'll tell you that.
29:08So when do you think that 950 will come in?
29:30Have you heard yet?
29:31Needed today.
29:33Needed yesterday.
29:34At Indian River, Tony Beat's crew are in desperate need of the Monster 950 to help strip the corner cut.
29:46It's been a long and slow journey to get this to the Indian River.
29:49Into his eighth hour driving the 950 to Indian River, after the low boy carrying it broke down, Tony's grandson, 18-year-old Egan.
30:01It's nice to be getting involved with it all.
30:04It's my fifth year running equipment.
30:06I can run a little bit of everything.
30:08Mostly excavator, though.
30:10Morning, Egan.
30:14Morning.
30:15How are you today?
30:16Good.
30:17Are you ready to go to work?
30:19Sure.
30:21Since the age of 13, Egan has learned the ropes running machinery under Tony's watch.
30:28If you like this kind of stuff, someday you might be a gold miner, too.
30:33It's the youngest operator we've got, and he's near the best operator on an excavator we have.
30:42It's kind of nice to see a third-generation miner.
30:45That's something to be proud of, I think.
30:47Before he can deliver the 950 to Indian River, Egan has one final obstacle.
30:55Looks like we're catching up to Egan.
30:59So, you made it, Egan?
31:00Yeah.
31:01Long, slow drive.
31:04Anyway, creek is over there.
31:06Just drive right through it, and we'll see you in camp in a bit.
31:09What do you think?
31:10Yeah.
31:10All right, give a s**t.
31:18He does never cross the river.
31:24Don't stop.
31:25You've got to keep on going.
31:27Because otherwise, you don't want to get stuck.
31:31Tony Beat's grandson, Egan, is almost done with his epic 10-hour journey
31:46to deliver the family's 950 excavator to the corner cut on the Indian River.
31:52We'll get it there eventually.
32:07Slow and steady.
32:08We'll get it there eventually.
32:09Slow and steady.
32:10Yeah, Egan, drive her up.
32:25Egan, drive her up.
32:26Keep her coming.
32:33The young fella did pretty damn good.
32:35That'll be good, Egan.
32:40Leave it right there, Egan.
32:41That'll be good.
32:43Good job.
32:44Took a while, huh?
32:46Yeah.
32:46It's the most boringest f**king job you probably had in a while.
32:49Yeah.
32:50Perfect.
32:51Let's go.
32:51Now, two days behind schedule, Tony needs the 950 reassembled and in the corner cut, fast.
33:03It's here.
33:04Put the f**king thing together, ready to go.
33:07Finally, the 950 arrived from Paradise Hill.
33:10Tony said to put it together as fast as possible because we had a lot of trouble to get it over here.
33:14This piece is just shy of 21,000 pounds.
33:30It's going in.
33:33Whoa!
33:37Just a tiny bit more.
33:39Whoa!
33:39That's good there.
33:41She is all the way home.
33:42Someday, everybody got lucky, huh?
33:44Yeah!
33:46The boom is connected.
33:48So now we're going to connect this thing.
33:56Yeah!
34:00Yeah, it's ready.
34:02Oh, yeah.
34:03Oh, yeah!
34:05Yeah!
34:05That's right.
34:06There we go.
34:09Fire it up.
34:09For the last step, Tony and Egan attached the 10-yard bucket.
34:18I'm six feet six, so you can see how big it is.
34:21Are you really six foot six, Lance?
34:22Not really, but that's what the girls like, isn't it?
34:27Well, the 950's got a 10-yard bucket on it, so this is our biggest one.
34:32Three buckets, so you got a truck full.
34:34So, Egan is a pretty good operate.
34:38Hold it right there.
34:39Put your boom down.
34:41Perfect, almost.
34:42Good.
34:42Hold it right there.
34:47Anyway, that bucket went down good, huh?
34:49Yeah.
34:49Piece of cake.
34:51Now, I just hook it in there.
34:52Bingo.
34:53Done.
34:53So, the bucket is on.
34:57Take it in the cut, and then we'll just start loading some trucks with it.
35:02So, let's see how many buckets it takes versus the 349.
35:08I mean, by the time I drop three buckets in this 40-ton truck, the truck is full.
35:13So, you should be able to load this truck by how many of the minute, instead of two minutes
35:18to load the truck.
35:20Off you go.
35:21Done.
35:21Done.
35:23Tony's race to open the corner cut is now in overdrive.
35:30That's it, speed things up.
35:32Now, you're moving some dirt.
35:46Things have been going really good down here at Ken and Stewart's.
35:50You know, Parker has big goals for this season.
35:54There's just a lot of sluicing that's got to happen if we're going to get all this done
35:57in time.
35:58At Parker Schnabel's Indian River claim, Foreman Mitch Blaschke is back from a couple of days
36:06away.
36:07Why aren't we sluicing?
36:08To discover Roxanne isn't sluicing thanks to its bearings failing.
36:15Well, buddy, that's not the way we want to see a wash plant.
36:17Well, buddy, that's not the way we want to see a wash plant.
36:18It's not the way I wanted you to come back either.
36:20And I leave for two days to go see the family and come back, and you've got a broken wash
36:26plant, buddy.
36:26I know.
36:27We just need to try and get everything set up the best we can, so once we start this
36:30thing, we can just get rolling.
36:32Why'd you break it?
36:34It wasn't me, buddy.
36:36How do you like it?
36:36We got our bearing housings all ready, and then hopefully they're going to drop right
36:44in.
36:44Having removed the shaft from Roxanne, mechanics Bill and Justin turned to fitting the new
36:51bearings into the housing.
36:53When they stick, it is a major catastrophe.
36:57But there's an issue.
36:58The bearings are about one thousandth of an inch larger than the housing and won't slide
37:04into place.
37:05Let's do this.
37:11It's going to be hot.
37:13To make them fit, Bill and Justin first freeze the bearings, shrinking them in size, before
37:20heating the housing to 450 degrees.
37:24You heat up your housing, which will make it expand, and then you cool your bearing, which
37:29will make it contract.
37:30In doing that, you can buy yourself enough space to drop this in.
37:34You've got about 15 to 20 seconds to try and get that bearing in before it starts to warm
37:41up and expand.
37:42If this doesn't work, Roxanne could be out of action for weeks and cost Parker millions in
37:59and you lost gold.
38:00Yeah, we're almost there.
38:02Okay, I'll shut this one off.
38:04You can keep that one going.
38:07There we go.
38:08There we go.
38:09There's one little buddy.
38:10This one is successful.
38:11And that's how we like to do it.
38:12There we go.
38:13There we go.
38:14There's one little buddy.
38:15This one is successful.
38:21And that's how we like to do them.
38:22Now you can see it thawing.
38:28One more.
38:29One more.
38:30There we go.
38:31There we go.
38:35There's one little buddy.
38:37This one is successful.
38:40And that's how we like to do them.
38:42Now you can see it thawing.
38:43One more.
38:58Whew.
39:00Well, little buddy, it's a happy day.
39:05And you can have your freezer back.
39:07Thank you. Yeah, groceries are coming tomorrow.
39:13Hell yeah.
39:19You know, out of all the years we've been doing this,
39:22this is probably one of the biggest breakdowns
39:24we've ever had on a wash plant.
39:26And, you know, it's taken a lot of time here
39:28to pull this thing apart, fix it, get it all back together.
39:31The bearing is seated safely.
39:35Tarf's coming off.
39:38The big question is, how's she going to shake?
39:41She's all you.
39:42Can I get to do the honors?
39:43You can.
39:44Here we go.
39:53Sounds good.
39:54Sounds good.
39:55Sounds nice and quiet.
39:56Now this wash plant is ready to go.
39:59The shaker deck looks great.
40:09Sluice runs are running really nice here.
40:11So I think Roxanne is back as good as new.
40:14And we got ourselves a mount of painter.
40:16Time to get through it, turn it into some gold,
40:18make up for some lost time.
40:20After two days down and losing over $200,000 in production,
40:25Roxanne's back in the game and can keep delivering
40:30for this week's Gold Wave.
40:35Nice job, man.
40:36How's four wash plants treating you, Chris?
40:50Oh, it's a little bit hectic.
40:52I'm curious to what it's going to be like when you get a full
40:55week's run with no breakdowns.
40:58Dude, yeah, I can't leave you alone for five minutes, man.
41:01My toe's still black from that rock you threw at it.
41:06Surprisingly, that's the first time we've had any sort of
41:09problem like that in 13 years.
41:13That was definitely one of the biggest.
41:15We are very fortunate to have really good mechanics here.
41:18Yeah.
41:19Well, it sounds like you guys had all the fun we needed for the
41:22week because things up here went just fine.
41:24Nothing to report.
41:28Well, Roxanne has a few hours on it.
41:30Down at Indian River.
41:31In their first week of running four plants,
41:34the crew hauled in 669 ounces.
41:3820, 30, 40, ooh, 49.6.
41:45Got to run to make gold, man.
41:47Yeah.
41:48At least there's something.
41:50Now, the gold from Dominion Creek.
41:53Bridge cut.
41:55Bob, let's see how it did.
41:5720, 40, 60, 100, 130, 140, 147.05.
42:07That's not bad.
42:08Yeah.
42:09Then we got the golden mile.
42:10This is the two plants, right?
42:12Well, here we go.
42:13Next, the combined gold from Slucifer and Big Red.
42:1760, 100, 130, 160, 200, 30, 232.05.
42:27Yeah.
42:28Dang.
42:29This week we have 428.7 ounces.
42:32Worth just over $1.5 million, but over 200 ounces less than last week's haul.
42:40Last week we had 669.85 ounces.
42:45Significant drop.
42:46Yeah.
42:47But the season total, though, is 5,350.25.
42:52Wow.
42:53So we broke the halfway mark.
42:55That's good.
42:56We're up and running.
42:57Yeah.
42:58It's just going to be nice to get four plants going full time.
43:01Yeah.
43:02Which is going to be hard to do, you know.
43:05We won't leave Brennan home alone anymore.
43:07Yeah.
43:08All right.
43:09Thanks, guys.
43:10Good job, you guys.
43:11Let's double this next week, eh?
43:13Sounds good.
43:15How we're going to manage to have as much up time as we can with this many wash plants
43:20running, you know, that's going to determine our gold total at the end of the year because
43:25we have tons of ground open, so the whole name of the game is keeping wash plants running
43:29and this week is a pretty poor example of that, but I don't think it's, you know, I don't
43:36think it's like a systematic issue on our part.
43:39I think we'll be able to keep things running.
43:41We'll see.
43:42Hello.
43:43Ready?
43:44Yeah, we're ready.
43:45How are you guys ready?
43:46The 950 finally got here.
44:01Well, that long walk, let's put it that way.
44:04It was Egan that walked it.
44:05Little is pretty good yet, too.
44:07My dream is to see all my kids operate on one big line.
44:11You got problems, lady.
44:14Okay.
44:15Monica, can you bring any gold?
44:18Rivercut pay ran all week, so there should be some gold to show for.
44:22Sluicealot first.
44:2410.
44:26Tony's two plant blitz on the Rivercut churned through pay without stopping.
44:31And last week, Sluicealot delivered 297 ounces alone.
44:3790, 300, 319, 06.
44:43That's not bad.
44:44Nice little hole.
44:45Now should we see a find-a-lot, found-a-lot more gold?
44:47Sure, do it.
44:48Pour in.
44:49Let's see what you got.
44:50Brand new plant, find-a-lot, produced 84 ounces of gold from two days running last week.
44:5730, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 160, 180, 200, 240, 280, 300, 330, 339.68.
45:15Eight.
45:16With just two plants, Tony's hauled in 658 ounces, worth over two and a quarter million dollars.
45:24It's his biggest gold way of the season and brings his total to 3,939 ounces.
45:31That's a lot of bucks today.
45:34I don't have no problems getting rid of it.
45:36When's the last time you got a new shirt?
45:38This morning.
45:40I think everybody should go back to work.
45:42I think I'm going to have a nap .
45:44You go for it.
45:55That pay pile was huge.
45:56Yeah, it was.
45:57Rick thought 400 ounces was going to come out of that pay pile, so.
46:00Even though we only got 110 ounces last week, but maybe we'll get a little bit more this week.
46:05So, Bailey, how did you do with getting pay this week?
46:08There is no pay this week because someone had to keep breaking trucks so I couldn't reach my goal.
46:14You have one job.
46:15It's to drive trucks, not break them.
46:17It was a task that, you know, I thought I could accomplish, but at the end of the day, there's a lot more material there than I expected.
46:23There you can see.
46:24Oh, you guys are cozy.
46:25What's going on, Rick?
46:26I snuggled right in.
46:27What's up, dudes?
46:28After pivoting back to Vegas Valley, Rick's eager to find out how much gold was left in the pay pile from last season.
46:37So, the nice thing is that it did not quite fit in the one flash.
46:40So, there's 100 ounces there and we got a bunch in here.
46:44Here we go.
46:4610, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 110, 120, 135, 140, 147.4.
47:09Nice.
47:10Ooh.
47:11Rick's weekly total is 247, worth $866,000, his biggest gold weigh of the season.
47:23That's way better.
47:24One week.
47:25That's good.
47:26That's, it's shy of 400, but not by much.
47:29No.
47:30Rick's season total is now 437 ounces.
47:35You've obviously proven that there's gold in the bottom of that hole.
47:38Bailey just needs to dig that out.
47:40We got to get to pay, get to it quick, get to it safely.
47:43We've been there before, but.
47:45We've always finished strong.
47:47Yeah.
47:48You guys know what it's going to take.
47:49A lot of work.
47:50But I know you're up for it.
47:51Thanks for trusting us.
47:52Absolutely.
47:53Thanks for trusting me.
47:54Cheers.
47:55Cheers.
47:56Man down.
47:57Man down.
47:58Cheers.
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