Gold Rush Season 16 Episode 19

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00:25Satsang with Mooji

00:30The last few weeks have been really difficult and set us back quite a bit

00:34with low recovery, low ounces an hour and lots of hours,

00:40and lost production and just being a general pain in the ass.

00:46Parker Schnabel is ready for a new chapter in his season

00:51and is launching an all-out blitz to hit his 10,000-ounce goal

00:56by getting over 600 ounces this week.

01:00We've got four plants back up and running now, which is really good.

01:05We've got Gigi, the golden goose, running the new plants awesome.

01:10You know, Gigi is a really nice addition to the sluicing fleet,

01:16and so that's, you know, hopefully going to put us over the top

01:19because it does run a bit more yardage than any of the other plants on the mine site.

01:23With Dominion Creek firing on all cylinders,

01:27Parker's relying on his other claim, Ken and Stewart's,

01:31run by foreman Mitch Blaschke, to be the difference maker this week.

01:38It's just, like, spread really thin, and, you know,

01:42Mitch has done an incredible job without having a ton of equipment.

01:49Well, right now I'm in the 550 here at Ken's,

01:52loading rock trucks, and we are barely keeping up with the rock sand.

01:58Wash plant rock sand is running all out,

02:02putting pressure on Mitch's two rock truck drivers

02:05to stay ahead of the pay pile.

02:09Here at Ken's is all about yardage.

02:12The ground here in Cut2 isn't real high quality,

02:15so we've got to get through the volume.

02:17And in order to do that,

02:18I need, you know, as many trucks down here as I can get.

02:22You know, we've been pushing everything

02:23since the start of the season here.

02:25Everybody's getting tired.

02:31Yeah, so Mitch is pretty frustrated right now.

02:34We need some support.

02:36Like, they want us to get all this pay out of here.

02:40We need some help, for sure.

02:48Hey, Bailey, how's she going today, buddy?

02:51Yeah, I'm just feeling super tired

02:53towards the end of the season here.

02:55Yeah, that happens, buddy.

03:16Mitch, you got a copy?

03:18Bailey, you got a copy?

03:20I got sucked into the ditch a bit.

03:24Fox is really close to tipping.

03:27All right, man, I'll be over there in a second.

03:35Holy, Billy.

03:36How you doing?

03:38There's a little bit of piss in my pants,

03:40but other than that...

03:46Holy...

03:48When it's lean like this, you can't dump it to get the load out.

03:52You know, you can see the tires are already off the ground.

03:54It'll flip it the rest of the way over.

03:56Last thing we want to do is damage anything.

04:00You want me to do it?

04:01Yeah, dude, I'll jump in there and do it.

04:03Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

04:07If the fully loaded rock truck's box tips any further into the ditch, it could flip Billy's cab.

04:14So what we're going to do here, I'm going to try to keep a little pressure on this, put it

04:18in drive,

04:19just give it a little bit of throttle and a little bit of steering input back towards the center of

04:23the road.

04:23And if you feel that cab start lifting at all, just kick it into neutral as fast as you can.

04:28It's the last thing we want this cab to roll here.

04:30Yeah, copy that.

04:31You ready?

04:32Yeah.

04:42Try and give it a little.

04:56There we go.

05:05The A-State holds the front axle suspension system together.

05:16I'm just limping this truck back to Dominion.

05:19You know, I've just lost 50% of my trucking crew.

05:22The pay pile's getting low.

05:24I need trucks rolling.

05:39Yo, yo, what's going on?

05:44Unfortunately, this one here, it was completely shot.

05:50This A-State bushing is kind of brought out.

05:53And I'm a little concerned just because, like, this plate is completely dropped.

06:03So, you got one, two, three, four, five broken bolts.

06:12This is a f***ing nightmare.

06:14Those broken bolts are two inches inside of that hole.

06:20The A-40 rock truck has a front suspension axle stay that keeps the front axle aligned when

06:28moving on uneven ground.

06:30It's made up of two shock absorbers and two spherical bushings, all bolted together to the

06:37frame of the truck.

06:38But five bolts have broken off inside its housing.

06:43To get them out, holes will need to be drilled into the bolts so an extractor tool can fit inside

06:50and unscrew them.

06:52Then, the A-State can be pulled apart and new parts installed, allowing the truck to be driven safely.

07:01Every hour we're not moving material is putting us behind.

07:05I get that, dude.

07:06But I think the fastest thing to do is just, we just fix this.

07:08But we can't give you a spare right now.

07:10I mean, I don't have a spare available here.

07:13There's no spares around here, man.

07:14Nothing?

07:15Tyson's not going to give up any trucks.

07:17Well, maybe I'll just go take one.

07:19I think you should.

07:20We're going to have to figure something out, because otherwise we're going to be turning off

07:23the wash plant.

07:33Let's go find Tyson and see if we can get ourselves a rock truck.

07:40You know, I've only got two rock trucks down at Ken's, and one of them's gone down.

07:44So, we definitely can't keep the plant going with what we got.

07:47There he is right there.

07:49Perfect.

07:53Hey, man.

07:54How's it going?

07:54Pretty good.

07:55You?

07:55Oh, had better days in search of a rock truck.

07:59We got the front axles about ready to fall out of one of ours.

08:02So, I took it to the yard.

08:03Janko's working on it.

08:04He's got the parts, but he's going to be a bit to get it running.

08:07And I was hoping you had a spare that I can grab, get back down there so we can keep

08:11sluicing.

08:13We don't really have a spare, man.

08:15We're running flat out here with three wash plants.

08:18Yeah, I hear you.

08:23I don't know what to say because, yeah, every truck's being used.

08:27And, you know, one, you know how it is when you're running lots of trucks.

08:31One goes down, another gets up, and it's.

08:35I mean, if I don't get a truck and get back down there, like, Roxanne's going to shut down.

08:40Right.

08:40So, I mean, I could really use the favor today, bud.

08:46I mean, I know it's not ideal, man, but I just, if we're going to hit 10,000 ounces, we've

08:52got to try and keep all these wash plants running.

08:55It would do me a huge favor if you had something I could grab right now, man.

09:02Right.

09:02Well, I just can't do that, man.

09:09Thanks.

09:10No worries.

09:15This is f***ing.

09:33Last week was a big blow.

09:35You know, we spent almost two months stripping this Valhalla cut.

09:40And when we got to the bottom, you know, right above pay, we got the worst news, basically, at least

09:4420 feet of clay on top of that.

09:45And we do not have the time this year to deal with it.

09:48So we had to abandon that and move on.

09:51And it's a, it's a, that's a big one.

09:53That's a big f*** up.

09:55Rick Ness is licking his wounds.

09:57After spending a million dollars on his Valhalla cut, he hit a clay layer, blocking his path to the pay

10:05dirt.

10:06Rick doesn't have enough time to break through it this year.

10:10And now, he's heading back to another spot he abandoned earlier this season.

10:17We've got no choice now.

10:18We've got to return to Vegas Valley.

10:20We've got a pay dirt.

10:22We know it's good.

10:23We know it's got a lot of gold.

10:24We still have a lot of work to do to make it safe.

10:29Last year, Rick's Vegas Valhalla cut saved his season, paying out nearly $2.1 million in just three weeks of

10:38running.

10:39Woo!

10:40Woo!

10:44Seven weeks ago, Rick and his crew tried to return to the hot spot.

10:51I don't like this.

10:55It's too dangerous.

10:56But we're forced to pull the plug.

10:59Hey, Bailey, let's get the f*** out of here.

11:01We need to get this set up better.

11:03We're not ready for this.

11:04With the unstable wall making it too hazardous to mine, Rick decided to gamble on opening a brand new cut,

11:12Valhalla, hoping to hit an even bigger score.

11:16If we do this, we're not just risking our gold bonuses or your gold, but it could be the end

11:22of the company as well.

11:24Now, with the little money he has left, he's back where he started.

11:30We've got a bit of an overhang of permafrost that's hanging over it, and I just don't like it.

11:35It's not safe right now.

11:37There's nothing I can do about it.

11:38I have to clean it up.

11:39If this new plan doesn't pan out, Rick has one final option.

11:44Tony Beats came here, and he gave me an offer on his ground to buy everything, and it's a really

11:50good offer.

11:51It's starting to look like maybe the smartest thing I can do.

11:54And I turned it down, but nothing's off the table forever.

12:01Yeah, you know, I think this is, you know, our best plan of action of just trying to get down

12:06to pay as quick as we can.

12:07We know there's pay here.

12:09Pretty sure Rick knows what the f*** he's doing.

12:11He can probably show me a few things.

12:15To get to Vegas Valley's exposed pay, Rick needs Bailey in the 700 to widen the far side of the

12:23cut, creating more space for their trucking crew.

12:27But there's a block of thawing permafrost overhanging the entrance to the cut, making the wall unstable.

12:36Rick must use the 460 to dig back the overhang and make it safe enough to mine the cut below.

12:52Can you hear me right?

12:54Yeah, go ahead.

12:56It definitely probably sucks to be in that 460 right now, not a 700.

13:00I don't know how I'm even going to make this work, but that's what I'm going to do.

13:04I'm going to walk back and forth a million times.

13:11Harder than f***.

13:13You know, we don't have a dozer here or any kind of ripper machine to get this permafrost out of

13:17here.

13:19All I've got is our 460, and with this big old kind of held together bucket, you know, we can't

13:25cry about it, can't just not do it, just have to do it.

13:35What the f*** is that?

13:39F***, man.

13:40Come here.

13:42Aw, dude.

13:49Aw, f*** great.

13:52Well, that's a first.

13:55F***.

14:01Yeah, this is not what we need right now.

14:02It's our only other excavator, and they've got no f***ing bucket now.

14:06F***.

14:07F***.

14:08Rick Ness has hit a major obstacle on his return to Vegas Valley.

14:14Ryan, you got a copy?

14:16Yeah, go ahead.

14:18Yeah, I just ripped the f***ing floor out of a bucket on that 460.

14:22It's completely gone.

14:24I guess I don't know what you're going to do about it, but I'm going to, I guess I'm going

14:27to get this machine the f*** out of here if I can, and we're going to have to look for

14:30another bucket.

14:59What the f***?

15:01I knew it was worn out, but I didn't think it was that f***ing worn out.

15:06I mean, I've seen it happen before.

15:08I didn't think this one was there.

15:09I knew it was getting thin.

15:10Looks like it's been patched together before.

15:11So what's going to be the quickest?

15:14You better go buy a bucket.

15:15Yeah.

15:16I would get your phone out of your pocket and start making calls.

15:20Yeah, you got to figure out who to call first.

15:21Yeah.

15:22Good luck with that.

15:25I pretty much do it as soon as that happened, that we could fix that bucket, but it's going to

15:28take way too long.

15:29We need that machine now, so I'm going to have to find a new one and get it here f***ing

15:33quick.

15:54I mean, just because we passed our goal doesn't mean all of a sudden we're going to give up.

15:59So I mean, we just keep on producing, and that'll be more gold than we ever got out of the

16:05ground, and they f*** you up.

16:08Let's not waste the opportunity.

16:10Like with the gold price being this high, let's keep on going as long as we can.

16:14Klondike kingpin, Tony Beetz, has been on cruise control with two plants sluicing on the Indian River and Sun Mike's

16:23trommel running 24-7 on Paradise Hill.

16:27But last week, Tony stumbled, spending $4 million on a property he can't mine.

16:35So the whole thing of them that moves, the laces there, that is a mess, so we've got to sort

16:40that out.

16:42But, you know, there's other places we can go.

16:44You're not going to give up that easy.

16:46To bring in even more gold, Tony wants Sun Mike to dial up his production.

16:54I think we'd better give Mike a challenge on day, get him to open up the Hester cut.

17:02Last year, we left the Hester cut behind, and we're well on our way of making the same mistake.

17:09I would really like to go in there and at least get a chunk out.

17:13Then, you know, at some point, we'll have at least something to sluice there.

17:23Oh, I wonder who that could be.

17:31You killed Mike?

17:33Oh, I had better days, had worse.

17:37Now, why not put some effort in the Hester cut?

17:41Let's start with a plan of pumping the water out first, Mike.

17:44Putting the pipe in.

17:45Yep.

17:46And then we'll take it from there.

17:47Hmm.

17:49It'll be worth the effort.

17:50There's no question about that.

17:52We're doing good stuff.

17:54Okay, good enough.

17:55First, we need to move them old dredge boilers out of the way.

17:58That's when the dredges used to come around here.

18:06Whoa, what the f**k was that?

18:12Five years ago, Tony discovered two old-timer dredge boilers at the Hester cut.

18:20That's pretty big a f**k, huh?

18:23Wow.

18:24That has to be gold enough.

18:27From 1913 until the 1960s, the old-timers dredged the Hunker Valley for gold.

18:34And on one legendary day, they pulled in 800 ounces.

18:40I'm excited about this, to be honest with you.

18:43Tony thinks they abandoned the dredge at his Hester cut, leaving behind a pocket of rich virgin ground.

18:53If I'm correct, then there is no other piece on Hunker virgin ground left as big as this.

19:00But the spot has been Tony's perennial end-of-season nemesis.

19:06It's full of f**king water.

19:11Talk about a waste of f**king time.

19:16Now, he's determined to conquer the cut.

19:20Last year, we had troubles with the water running out of the bank, so that was kind of f**king us

19:23up.

19:24I was just thinking, when we start digging it out, you start with the wall first, if anything.

19:27Because then if anything slumps down, we don't have to worry about it no more.

19:30We'll be taking this site out down here.

19:32We'll be plowing away at all that all the f**king way along.

19:36Yeah.

19:37Because the slope is f**king, you know.

19:39It is.

19:41So we got all the toys to do it with.

19:43But the biggest thing is, get f**king started.

19:47Because there is a f**king load of f**king money in this hole.

19:50So, let's get into f**king get started.

19:54Before he can pump out the water, Tony needs to remove the old dredge boilers.

19:59Then, make the hillside safe from sloughing into the cut by digging it back and trucking the mud out.

20:08Wouldn't hurt if it would give Mike a hand with it, anyway.

20:12But I like doing these hotball things, yeah.

20:16Well, it is not my first rodeo, so to speak.

20:19We've got to get them boilers out of the way.

20:22I'm going to kick this one over the bank.

20:28Well, that's nothing spectacular.

20:30Let me f**king do that again.

20:32Just when you want something to tumble down the f**king hill, it doesn't.

20:39That makes for a well-better show now, doesn't it?

20:42No skill required for that one, wasn't it?

20:44Perfect.

20:46Put the other lure over there, too.

20:55So, now to be sure if the boilers are off the hillside down there, start digging it out.

21:02You know, you've got to have a plan.

21:05We're going to put trucks on those lids, so you want it to be safe.

21:15He's going to have to clean it off a bit, level it off so the trucks can get up to

21:18him flat.

21:19But what I would like to do, Zach, is back them f**king up in here, yeah?

21:25Okay, sounds good.

21:26With a stable ledge, the trucks can start hauling the mud out.

21:32Hopefully it all goes smooth, and then, yeah, I'll be happy.

21:35But if it is consistent f**king, then no, I really ain't going to be happy.

21:53Good job done.

21:55Wall dug back.

21:57Now, Mike and his crew can focus on draining the cut.

22:02Good job done.

22:03Good pumping, Mike.

22:05I want that cut dry by the end of the week.

22:07End of the week?

22:09All right.

22:10Let's get on it.

22:13Everything on that fuel row is tight, right?

22:15Yeah, okay.

22:16Final!

22:18Final!

22:31We've got to take the water out.

22:33There's got to dry out.

22:34There's a whole bunch of things down there.

22:36Let's say, let's get on with the program.

22:38Because otherwise, if we don't hurry up, then ain't going to happen.

22:56We're trying to catch up here.

22:58Having that rock truck go down definitely didn't help us out.

23:00You know, we're behind right now.

23:03Foreman Mitch Blaschke is feeling the pressure, with Parker relying on him for a good haul this

23:10week.

23:10He's been down to one rock truck hauling pay for the last 24 hours.

23:25How's it going, man?

23:27It's a big cut.

23:28We're gaining on it.

23:30Yeah.

23:31Which is good.

23:32Do you think we're going to get through this?

23:36It'll be close.

23:37You think it'll be close?

23:38Yeah.

23:39I'm a little concerned about it.

23:40We're hauling pay up there just while I have, like, one truck.

23:45All right.

23:46Yeah.

23:46I don't really have anything else.

23:48We're still going to have to keep the circuit going.

23:51There's nothing we can do about it.

23:53Just do as good a job as you can, right?

23:59You know, the truth is, Dominion, that's a priority right now.

24:03OK.

24:04Which is a little bit problematic for you, but it won't be for long, I don't

24:07think.

24:08OK.

24:15OK.

24:16All righty.

24:17Well, we'll keep at it.

24:19Thanks, man.

24:20All right.

24:20No worries, man.

24:27You know, we've all got to learn to share our resources up here.

24:30There's a lot going on.

24:32But, you know, one truck down here is 50% of my fleet at the moment.

24:35For some reason, it's still not here.

24:38Man, it should have been here hours ago.

24:40So just going to get a hold of Taylor here.

24:45Yeah.

24:45Hey, Taylor, man.

24:47Just down here at Roxanne, we're not going to be able to keep up with this thing.

24:52Dude, I don't know what to tell you, man.

24:54It's not going to take us too long.

24:56We can get this thing up and running for you.

24:58OK.

24:59Thanks, man.

25:01The rock truck's fix has been delayed due to five broken bolts inside the A-Stay housing.

25:10I'm just finishing up here trying to get this last bolt out.

25:17Once I get a hole through it, I should be able to tap an extractor through it and try to

25:22take it out.

25:27Nice.

25:29Cut all the way through it.

25:43I finally got these broken bolts out.

25:46With the final bolt out, Janko and Taylor can now separate the A-Stay and remove the worn parts.

25:55So we need to lift up this front end of the truck here to split the A-Stay from the

26:01frame and then get it pounded out and get the parts put back in.

26:07Just trying to get this thing right on the tow hooks to lift it.

26:13This A-Stay should start separating.

26:16Yeah, there we go.

26:20OK, hopefully this thing will just fly out of here.

26:24Beauty.

26:26We got these and now I'm ready to install them.

26:29Everything's all cleaned up, ready to go.

26:41So this is going to push this bushing into this housing.

26:47As you can see, it's going up nice and easily now.

27:01Awesome, it's seated.

27:02Should be able to send this thing to work right away.

27:08Hey Mitch, this truck is good to go.

27:10Hey Billy, go get your truck man, we got some pay to haul.

27:23We're the game team out here baby.

27:25Mitch and his skeleton crew are back to full strength and must now play catch up to deliver a big

27:32haul this week.

27:33Man, it's so nice stopping that rock truck here now.

27:36It's making a huge difference.

27:38We're getting caught up and it is putting a dent in this material.

27:42I know it took a little bit to get it here, but certainly worth the wait.

28:02Well today I'm in Dawson City.

28:05I don't get over here too often anymore, but I need a bucket for my 460 excavator.

28:10Hope to get a good deal on one.

28:13This is where the gold rush happened.

28:14This is where everybody came to and they were in the gold fields just outside of this town.

28:19Trying to make their fortune.

28:20There's a lot of gold out there.

28:23I mean, there is still good ground here, but it's real hard to come by.

28:27You know, people have had it locked in for a long time.

28:29And, you know, Parker and Tony probably have the bulk of it.

28:32If I'm being honest, I mean they both have tons of ground.

28:36And they're making a fortune.

28:41I've seen a lot of people come and go since I've been here.

28:43And not a whole lot of people stay.

28:45Somehow I've managed to stay for 13 years.

28:48Rick is heading to the Hunker Creek turnoff, which leads to some of the biggest gold mines in the Klondike.

28:58I've only been to this spot once before.

29:01Look at this stuff.

29:04Look at that.

29:04Money to burn.

29:06For a D11.

29:10There's a sign that says Office on it.

29:13That's got to be it.

29:19All right.

29:20Well, hopefully he's around.

29:25Papa Dog.

29:26Wet Dog.

29:28What's up?

29:29What's going on, man?

29:31Who's Wet Dog?

29:32That's Bosco.

29:33Have you met Bosco?

29:34No, I haven't.

29:35How's it going?

29:36Good, man.

29:36Good to see you.

29:37It's a pleasure.

29:38Oh, yeah.

29:38I'm having a blast still.

29:39Good.

29:40I mean, there's a brand new D11 sitting there.

29:42That's cool.

29:43Fresh off the track.

29:44How many of them?

29:46That's number five.

29:47Eleven?

29:48Yeah.

29:49Holy up.

29:51I've heard rumblings.

29:52How many wash plants?

29:53Four.

29:54Oh, man.

29:55Yeah.

29:55This is, especially with gold prices up, this has become a much bigger sluicing project,

29:59so you just have to have the wash plants going.

30:02Yeah.

30:03Slammed.

30:03Hence four plants.

30:04Yeah.

30:05What else is new?

30:07I need to find a bucket.

30:09Let's go have a look around.

30:11Cool.

30:21What's your season been like?

30:23Mmm.

30:25Chasing a girl.

30:26You know.

30:27Sure.

30:28Same as you, probably.

30:31I'm not chasing any single one anymore, ever.

30:36Do you have any pin on 460 bubbles?

30:38We might.

30:39We might.

30:49Oh, right there.

30:51There's these guys.

30:53Dude, I remember that bucket.

30:54I don't think that fits, because this we used for the coupler, right?

30:58Because we had a coupler.

30:59Yeah, yeah.

31:00I'm pretty sure this is a Hitachi bucket.

31:03Yeah, that's the wrong one.

31:06Um.

31:10There's a real peach for you.

31:12That's beauty.

31:13I think this might be your only bet.

31:16I'm not in terrible shape.

31:17No.

31:17I'm not in bad.

31:19What do you want for it?

31:20A handshake?

31:21I'm not saying I'm going to give it to you for free.

31:23So maybe you could help us out?

31:25I mean, I would normally say like 10 grand, but that's just because I don't like dealing

31:32with things like this.

31:33I don't know.

31:33Five grand?

31:36Yeah.

31:37Why not?

31:38Five grand?

31:38Yeah.

31:39Perfect.

31:40Appreciate it.

31:40No worries.

31:42What else do you need?

31:44Half my life back?

31:45Yeah.

31:48Can't help you there.

31:51Do you think about getting out?

31:55I mean, I less think about getting out and just wonder when the out is.

32:00Sell the place.

32:02Eh.

32:04I'll buy it from you.

32:12Sell the place.

32:16I'll buy it from you.

32:24The only other competition is Tony.

32:26He keeps coming down there.

32:29Yeah.

32:29He won't pay you what it's worth.

32:31No.

32:31It'd be a bad time to sell, I think.

32:34Well.

32:34No.

32:35When gold prices are high, it's the time to do it.

32:37Yeah.

32:39Okay.

32:40Think about it.

32:41All right.

32:41Well, I'm sure you need to get back to the grind.

32:43I have a few things I need to get wrapped up.

33:02All right.

33:03Good to see you as always, man.

33:04For real.

33:05Good to see you too.

33:07Well, it's always good to visit Parker, see what he's got going on out here.

33:11I mean, it's astonishing.

33:12The amount of work that they get done here, it's just, it's crazy.

33:15It's cool to see.

33:16And I got a 460 bucket out of it and, you know, got to catch up.

33:19And it's a good trip.

33:21Time to get back to the mine.

33:46Making good progress by the looks of it, huh?

33:48Yeah.

33:48Just as far as you're going?

33:50For now.

33:52Oh, wow.

33:52Look at that.

33:53Oh, hey, pal.

33:54That looks pretty snazzy, you know, huh?

33:56It does.

33:57Wow, Mike.

34:00Mike has drained the Hester cut ahead of schedule and has already started hauling pay out of the

34:07cut.

34:07It looks really well, Michael.

34:09It does.

34:10I mean, now you can drive around then.

34:11Yes.

34:12Last time, I was here.

34:14That looked like that way.

34:15I ain't gonna drive no truck over there.

34:17Let's go in there and have a look.

34:20Wow, you know, that looks really, really good.

34:23Yeah, I agree.

34:24Well, this is why I said you don't go in here unless you're gonna come in here full force,

34:28because otherwise, we stopped for a week, it looked like that again.

34:31Oh, man.

34:32I'm honestly really tickled pink.

34:40You got a 480 in there.

34:43Yeah.

34:44And then there's all us.

34:46Yeah.

34:47Get with it before it gets wet.

34:49That is all flusable material.

34:53Looks like a great job.

34:55Last time I was here, it looked like water, mud, everything.

34:59Now look at it.

35:00We drive around and have a rock, rocks like nothing.

35:05But then what we're gonna do is, while the weather is still really nice, I'm gonna double

35:10up in this cut, haul it out as quick as we can.

35:14Fearing that the cut could flood again, Tony wants to get all gold-rich pay dirt out as

35:20quickly as possible, so he sends in a fleet of machines.

35:24Hey, the other truck.

35:26You're on your way down.

35:27The other truck, you're on your way down.

35:28There you go.

35:32Put it up a little bit so he can get out of the way.

35:34Let's go.

35:41We do that five, six trucks in here minimum.

35:44Anything to get it done.

35:45Anything to get this out of here.

35:57That truck there, hurry the up.

36:00It's to the floor, Tony.

36:02I don't give a what it is.

36:03Make it move.

36:08Stop that truck.

36:09Stop that truck.

36:10Mike, you got a truck so close to here, I thought he was funny.

36:14Hey, Monica, can you stop for a minute?

36:16The other guy, get out.

36:18The other guy, get out.

36:22Rock truck driver.

36:23Rock truck driver.

36:25Hey, more on in the truck.

36:28That's not where my bucket is.

36:29Just load the truck, Michael, please.

36:31I need him over here so he can get out.

36:34Otherwise, he's going to be in the way of the other trucks too.

36:36Just load the truck, please.

36:44I don't know, where are we going?

36:49Oh, no.

36:52Will we get up this hill?

36:54Well, we've got no choice but to.

37:03It doesn't want me to go up the hill.

37:10I just got to come at it from a different angle.

37:12He's getting out of the other way, so you just got to back a half a bit.

37:18Monica beats.

37:20She got stuck.

37:24Come on, little truckie.

37:25You can do it.

37:30Good.

37:30I'm glad.

37:35Two hours later, the operators have found their stride in the chaos and are starting to build a pay pile.

37:45So, basically, he's hauling the white channel off now.

37:49That looks really nice.

37:53I looked at this for 40 years, so it's about time we're going to see the bottom of it.

37:58You know what I mean?

38:02That looks pretty good, Mike.

38:04Thank you, Monica.

38:10Cut.

38:11Now under control, Monica heads back to Indian River to clean more gold.

38:17It's nice to see Mike and Monica working together again for a bit.

38:21You know, it's always nice to see you guys work together.

38:26Tony tells you he's proud of you by not telling you he's proud of you.

38:32And that's just how that is.

38:35That's how it'll always be.

38:40If he calls you, it's probably better than if he says you've done a great job.

39:04So, yeah, back up with the 460, finally got a bucket on it.

39:09You know, I went all the way to Parker's and he was nice enough to sell me one.

39:14You know, getting this permafrost out of here so we can get back into Vegas Valley.

39:18After five days of work, Rick has nearly dug back the overhanging permafrost,

39:25while Bailey has widened the bottom pit, ready for his rock trucks to start hauling.

39:37That should do it right there. I feel a hell of a lot better about that.

39:43Oh, yeah.

39:45Hey, Bailey, you got a copy?

39:47Yeah, go ahead, Rick.

39:48Yeah, I feel a hell of a lot better about this overhang.

39:51I got it all pulled back and I think that you continue the way you're going now and we'll be

39:55in business.

39:56Just get after it.

39:57That's great, man. Thanks.

40:01Rick's crew can finally get to work digging for gold at the bottom of Vegas Valley.

40:12You know, Tony made me this big offer on the ground and I really didn't even think about it

40:15because I liked the direction we were heading.

40:17But now, you know, Parker's offer, who knows, that might be the answer for the future.

40:22There's a lot to think about.

40:28It's really f***ing with my head.

40:42Hello.

40:43Hi, guys. Long time no see.

40:45Long time no see.

40:47It's nice to get in that Hester, isn't it?

40:49Yes.

40:51That we're finally going to get serious in the Hester cut because I'd really like to see what's going to

40:55come out of that.

40:56So do I.

40:57The Beetz family already have a record gold haul this season.

41:02Should we weigh it up?

41:03With the two wash plants in the Indian River averaging over 450 ounces a week,

41:09the only question is, how much more can they get this year?

41:15So there's a sluice a lot.

41:16Are you counting?

41:17Okay, do it.

41:18Let's see what we got out of there.

41:2020, 40, 60, 100, 150, 180, 200, 230, to 40, to 50, to 60, to 67.9.

41:36That they say as good a sluice a lot has done or what?

41:39Yeah, sluice a lot has been down a little bit, but it's up again now.

41:43Yeah, it was good though.

41:43So, which one is next?

41:45Find a lot?

41:46Find a lot.

41:46Perfect.

41:47I'll count it.

41:48Let's see what we got.

41:5010, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 100, 130, 160, 80, 200, 220, 247.5.

42:03In just one week, Tony's two plants have delivered nearly $2 million.

42:10That's a pretty good hole, right?

42:13True.

42:14Let's do the trommel.

42:15Ready to weigh it up?

42:16Yes.

42:1810, 20, 30, 40, 50.

42:22As well as opening the Hester, Mike's crew have run Paradise Hills trommel, averaging

42:27215 ounces a week.

42:30310, 320, 340, 380, 400, 408.46.

42:40All in, a massive 924 ounces worth over $3.2 million.

42:50The Beats' best ever gold weigh.

42:53It is crazy.

42:55The gold price as it is, that's just not normal.

42:58I mean, look how much of this worth.

42:59It's just crazy.

43:01Yeah.

43:02That's awesome.

43:03The Beats' season total, 8,257 ounces.

43:11Nearly $28.9 million in gold.

43:16Anyway, that's pretty decent gold this week.

43:18A lot of bucks, guys.

43:19A lot of bucks.

43:20You guys should clean this up.

43:22Yep.

43:22Clean up.

43:23Let's get more.

43:23Let's get with it.

43:24Let's get at it.

43:25How's that?

43:25Bye.

43:27Make some more.

43:28Sounds like a plan.

43:29Go get it.

43:30But the times are good.

43:31Bye.

43:31Anyway, young lady, I've got to go.

43:33So we'll catch you later.

43:34Okay?

43:35Bye.

43:43Yo, yo.

43:45Hey, man.

43:46After Tony's monster gold way, Parker is now 470 ounces behind.

43:53We're swamped down here.

43:55Back to four plants again.

43:56Yeah, finally.

43:58Oh.

43:59You able to keep Roxanne going all week?

44:03We were, yeah.

44:05That's good.

44:06I know Mitch and Tyson bided heads a little bit, but no punches were thrown, huh?

44:10I'm disappointed in you guys.

44:14I didn't raise your right.

44:15Last week, Parker's three wash plants brought in just over 421 ounces.

44:22You want to start with Big Bob?

44:24Now, he has four wash plants running at full capacity and wants at least 600.

44:31Come on, Brennan.

44:31Ready?

44:32Yep.

44:32Bob has been running in the bridge cut, where it's averaging 150 ounces a week.

44:4020, 40, 60, 100, 130, 152.55.

44:49Nice.

44:50That's bad.

44:51Yeah, that's good.

44:53Yeah.

44:53They've been consistent.

44:54Gotta give them that.

44:55Okay, Tyson.

44:56Ready?

44:57For the first time, Parker has two plants sluicing the huge Golden Mile pay pile.

45:04First up, his oldest wash plant.

45:08Hey, Greg, here we go.

45:1020, 40, 100, 110, 130, 133.15.

45:20Yeah.

45:23Parker, do you want to do the goose?

45:25Sure.

45:26Here's your brand new baby.

45:311, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

45:4240, 50, 70, 90.

45:47Keep going.

45:49160.

45:52177.05.

45:55Nearly $620,000.

45:57Nice.

45:58Hell yeah.

45:59Good purchase.

46:00Sick.

46:01Yeah.

46:02I pretty much almost paid it off.

46:03To hit Parker's goal this week, Mitch's plant, Roxanne, needs to deliver over 137 ounces.

46:12The old Ken and Stewart's operation, eh?

46:15Yeah.

46:15All right.

46:16Let's see what we got here.

46:17We got 20, 60, 80, 100, 120, 130, 143.8.

46:32Nice.

46:33Yeah.

46:34That's solid.

46:35Yeah.

46:36Last week, we had 421.3 ounces.

46:40This week, it's 606.55.

46:44So we broke 600 ounces in a week.

46:47Wicked.

46:48Back on track.

46:48That fourth plant makes a world of difference.

46:51It really does.

46:53So where does that put us?

46:54So our season total is 8,393.65.

46:58Worth nearly $29.4 million, the most ounces of gold Parker has ever mined in a season, putting

47:10him back in the pole position with over 136 ounces more than Tony.

47:17There has never been a better time to be gold mining ever.

47:21We just need to keep these things going.

47:23Mm-hmm.

47:24I know it's been a hell of a year, and this time of year, things get so difficult.

47:28But I appreciate you guys just sticking with it and, you know, keeping everything running.

47:35That's what we're here for, man.

47:39All right, gents.

47:42Such a good week having four wash plants back running.

47:45And, you know, now we're over 8,000 ounces.

47:48It's in shot to hit 10,000.

47:50If this weather holds, we can keep these plants going.

47:53Just got to try and make it happen.

47:58All right.

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