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Gold Rush S16E19
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00:00Oh
00:30The last few weeks have been really difficult and set us back quite a bit with low recovery, low ounces
00:39an hour and lots of hours and lost production and just being a general pain in the ass.
00:46Parker Schnabel is ready for a new chapter in his season and is launching an all-out blitz to hit
00:54his 10,000-ounce goal by 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, and so that's, you know, hopefully going to
01:18put us over the top because it does run a bit more yardage than any of the other plants on
01:23the mine site.
01:24With Dominion Creek firing on all cylinders, Parker's relying on his other claim, Kennan Stewart's, run by foreman Mitch Blaschke,
01:34to be the difference maker this week.
01:39It's just, like, spread really thin, and, you know, Mitch has done an incredible job without having a ton of
01:45equipment.
01:49Well, right now I'm in the 550 here at Ken's, loading rock trucks, and we are barely keeping up with
01:55Roxanne.
01:58Wash plant rock sand is running all out, putting pressure on Mitch's two rock truck drivers to stay ahead of
02:06the pay pile.
02:09Here at Ken's is all about yardage.
02:12The ground here in Cut2 isn't real high quality, so we've got to get through the volume.
02:17And in order to do that, I need, you know, as many trucks down here as I can get.
02:22You know, we've been pushing everything since 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 towards the end of the season here.
02:55Yeah, that happens, buddy.
03:16Mitch, you got a copy?
03:18Billy, 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, but 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 to do it or do you want me to do it?
04:01What are you doing?
04:02Oh, yeah, dude, I'll jump in there and do it.
04:07If the fully loaded rock truck's box tips any further into the ditch, it could flip Billy's cab.
04:15So 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.
04:28Because the last thing we want is this cab to roll here.
04:30Yeah, copy that.
04:32You ready?
04:32Yeah.
04:42Try and give it a little.
04:57There we go.
05:05The A-State holds the front axle suspension system together.
05:17I'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.
05:37I need to go.
05:39Yo!
05:41Yo!
05:42What's going on?
05:44Uh, unfortunately this one here, it was completely shot.
05:49Uh, this A-State bushing is kind of brought out and I'm a little concerned just because like,
05:56this plate is completely dropped.
06:03So you got one, two, three, four, five broken bolts.
06:12This is a 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 moving on
06:28uneven ground.
06:30It's made up of two shock absorbers and two spherical bushings all bolted together to the frame of the truck.
06:38But five bolts have broken off inside its housing.
06:42To 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, uh, putting us behind.
07:05I get that dude, but I think the fastest thing to do is just, we just fix this.
07:08But we don't, we can't give you a spare right now.
07:10I mean, I don't, I don't have a spare available here.
07:13There's no spares around here, man.
07:14Nothing?
07:15No, Tyson's not going to give up any trucks.
07:17Well, maybe I'll just go take one.
07:19I think, I think you should.
07:20We're going to have to figure something out because otherwise we're going to turn off the 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, how's it going?
07:54Pretty good, you?
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.
08:08And 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.
08:19Yeah, I hear you.
08:23I don't know what to say because, yeah, every, 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.
08:41So, I mean, I could, I could really use the favor today, bud.
08:47I mean, I know it's not ideal, man.
08:48But I just, if we're going to hit 10,000 ounces, we got to try and keep all these wash
08:53plants running.
08:55It'd do me a huge favor if you had something I could, I could grab right now, man.
09:02Right.
09:02Well, I just can't do that, man.
09:09Thanks.
09:10No worries.
09:10No worries.
09:15This is .
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,
09:44at least 20 feet of clay on top of that.
09:45We 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 up.
09:55Rick Ness is licking his wounds.
09:58After spending a million dollars on his Valhalla cut,
10:01he hit a clay layer blocking his path to the pay dirt.
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 Valley cut saved his season,
10:33paying out nearly $2.1 million in just three weeks of running.
10:44Seven weeks ago, Rick and his crew tried to return to the hotspot.
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 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,
11:08Rick decided to gamble on opening a brand new cut, Valhalla,
11:13hoping to hit an even bigger score.
11:16If we do this, we're not just risking our gold bonuses or your gold,
11:21but it could be the end of the company as well.
11:25Now, with the little money he has left, he's back where he started.
11:31Well, we've got a bit of an overhang of permafrost that's hanging over it.
11:34I 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.
11:45You know, Tony Beats came here and he gave me an offer on this ground to buy everything.
11:49And it's a really good offer.
11:51You know, it'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 our best plan of action,
12:05of just trying to get down to pay as quick as we can.
12:07We know there's pay here.
12:09Pretty sure Rick knows what the 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,
12:23creating 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?
12:55Yeah, go ahead.
12:56It definitely probably sucks to be in that 460 right now, not a 700.
13:01I don't know how I'm even going to make this work, but that's what I'm going to do.
13:04Walk back and forth a million times.
13:11Harder than .
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,
13:25you know, can't cry about it, can't just not do it, just have to do it.
13:35What the f*** is that?
13:38What the f*** is that?
13:40Yeah, who came here?
13:42Oh, dude!
13:49Oh, f*** great.
13:52That's the first.
13:54F***.
13:55F***.
14:01Yeah, this is not what we need right now.
14:03It's our only other excavator and it got no bucket now.
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 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...
14:26I guess I'm going to get this machine the f*** out of here if I can and we're going to
14:30have 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
15:04worn 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
15:18calls.
15:20Yeah, you got to figure out who to call first.
15:21Yeah.
15:23Good luck with that.
15:25I'd pretty much do it as soon as that happened, that we
15:27could fix that bucket, but it's going to take way too long.
15:29We need that machine now, so I'm going to have to find a new
15:31one and get it here quick.
15:54I mean, just because we passed our goal doesn't mean all of a
15:58sudden we're going to give up.
16:00So I mean, if we just keep on producing and that will be more
16:03gold than we ever got out of the ground and they .
16:07Yeah.
16:08Let's not waste the opportunity.
16:10Like with a gold price being this high, let's keep on going as
16:13long as we can.
16:15Klondike kingpin, Tony Beetz, has been on cruise control with two
16:20plants sluicing on the Indian River and Sun Mike's Trommel running 24-7 on
16:26Paradise 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.
16:40So we got to sort that 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 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 that's loose there.
17:23Oh, I wonder who that could be.
17:31Good job, Mike.
17:33Oh, I had better days, had worse.
17:37Then 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.
18:07Whoa, what the was that?
18:12Five years ago, Tony discovered two old-timer dredge boilers at the Hester cut.
18:20That's pretty big .
18:21Huh?
18:23Wow.
18:24That has to be cold 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.
18:42Tony 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.
19:05It's full of water.
19:11Talk about a waste of 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 up.
19:24I was just thinking, when we start digging it out, you start with the wall first, if anything.
19:28Because 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 way along.
19:36Yeah.
19:37Because the slope is , you know.
19:39It is.
19:41So, we got all the toys to do it with.
19:44The biggest thing is, get started.
19:47Because there is a lot of money in this hole.
19:50So, let's get him to 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 road here, so to speak.
20:19We gotta get them boilers out of the way.
20:22I'm gonna kick this one over the bank.
20:28Well, that's nothing spectacular.
20:30Let me do that again.
20:32Just when you want something to tumble down the hill, it doesn't.
20:39That makes for a whale better show now, doesn't it?
20:42No skill required for that one, wasn't it?
20:44Perfect.
20:46Put the other one over there, too.
20:55So, now to be sure if the boilers off the hillside down there, start digging it out.
21:02You know, you gotta have a plan.
21:05We're gonna put trucks on these lids, so you want it to be safe.
21:15He's gonna have to clean it off a bit, level it off so the trucks can get up to him
21:19flat.
21:19But then what I would like to do, Zach, is back them 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 a consistent , then no, I really ain't gonna be happy.
21:54Job done.
21:56Wall dug back.
21:57Now, Mike and his crew can focus on draining the cut.
22:02Good job done.
22:04Good pumping, Mike.
22:05I want that cut dry by the end of the week.
22:07End of the week?
22:09What?
22:10Get on it.
22:13Everything on that fuel row is tight, right?
22:15Yeah, okay.
22:17Final!
22:31We gotta take the water out, it's gotta dry up, there's a whole bunch of things down there.
22:36Let's get on with the program.
22:39Because otherwise, if we don't hurry up, then ain't gonna happen.
22:56We're trying to catch up here, having that rock truck go down definitely didn't help us out.
23:01You know, we're behind right now.
23:03Foreman Mitch Blaschke is feeling the pressure, with Parker relying on him for a good haul this week.
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, which is good.
23:33What do you, are you, do you think we're gonna 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.
23:45Alright, yeah, I don't really have anything else.
23:48We're still gonna 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.
24:03Okay.
24:04Which is a little bit problematic for you, but it won't be for long, I don't think.
24:08Okay.
24:14Um...
24:15Okay.
24:17Alrighty, well.
24:18Alright.
24:18We'll keep at it.
24:19Thanks, man.
24:20Alright, no 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.
24:36For some reason, it's still not here.
24:38Man, it should have been here hours ago.
24:40So, just gonna get a hold of Taylor here.
24:45Yeah, hey, Taylor, man.
24:47Uh, just down here at Roxanne, we're not gonna be able to keep up with this thing.
24:51Um, dude, I don't know what to tell you, man.
24:54It's not gonna take us too long.
24:56We can, uh, get this thing up and running for you.
24:58Okay.
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 new parts put back in.
26:08Just 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.
26:20Okay.
26:20Hopefully 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.
27:11Hey Billy, go get your truck man.
27:12We got some pay at all.
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.
27:34It's so nice to have in that rock truck here now.
27:37It'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 trying to
28:20make 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 and, you know, Parker and Tony probably have
28:31the bulk of it.
28:32If I'm being honest, I mean, they both have tons of ground and they're making a fortune.
28:41I've seen a lot of people come and go since I've been here and not a whole lot of people
28:44stay.
28:45Somehow I've managed to stay for 13 years.
28:49Rick 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. It's, uh...
29:01Look at this stuff.
29:04Look at that. Money to burn.
29:07Fanny D11.
29:10There's a sign that says Office on it. It's gotta be it.
29:19All right. Well, hopefully he's around.
29:25Papa Dog. Wet Dog.
29:28What's up?
29:29What's going on, man? Who's Wet Dog?
29:32That's Bosco. Have you met Bosco?
29:35How's it going?
29:36Good, man. Good to see you.
29:37It's a pleasure.
29:38Oh, yeah. I'm having a blast still.
29:39That's good.
29:40I mean, there's a brand new D11 sitting there. That's cool.
29:43Fresh off the track?
29:44How many of them?
29:46That's number five.
29:48Eleven?
29:48Yeah.
29:49Holy up.
29:51I've heard rumblings. How many wash plants?
29:53Four.
29:54Oh, yeah.
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.
30:22What's your season been like?
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 buckets?
30:38We 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.
31:10There'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 too 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 with things like
31:33this.
31:33I don't know.
31:34Five grand?
31:36Yeah, why not?
31:38Five grand?
31:38Yeah.
31:39Perfect.
31:40Appreciate it.
31:41No 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.
32:05I'll buy it from you.
32:12Sell the place.
32:16I'll buy it from you.
32:24I'll buy it from you.
32:24The only other competition is Tony.
32:27He keeps coming down there.
32:29Yeah, he won't pay you what it's worth.
32:31No.
32:31It'd be a bad time to sell, I think.
32:34No, when 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.
33:08Well, 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.
33:54Oh, 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.
34:10Doesn't mean now you can drive around then.
34:12Yes.
34:12Last time, I was here.
34:14That looked like that way.
34:16I 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, if we stop for a week, it'd look like that again.
34:31No, man.
34:32I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm honestly really tickled pink.
34:41You got a 480 in there.
34:43Yeah.
34:44And then there's all us.
34:46Yeah.
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're driving around and we're rocked 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.
35:21So he sends in a fleet of machines.
35:25Hey, the other truck, you'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.
35:46Anything to get the out of here.
35:57That truck there, hurry the up.
36:00Get it 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 you, it's not even funny.
36:14Okay, Monica, can you stop for a minute?
36:16The other guy, get out.
36:18The other guy, get out.
36:22Rock truck driver.
36:24Rock truck driver.
36:25Hey, more on in the truck.
36:28That's not where my bucket is.
36:29Just load the truck, Michael, please.
36:32I 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.
36:38Oh, shit.
36:44I don't know.
36:45Where are we going?
36:46Where are we going?
36:49Oh, no.
36:52Will we get up this hill?
36:54Well, we've got no choice but to.
36:58Monica, step on that thing.
37:01dragging at us.
37:03It doesn't want me to go up the hill.
37:10I just got to come at it from a different angle.
37:18Monica beats.
37:20She got stuck.
37:24Come on, little truckie.
37:25You can do it.
37:30Good.
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, you
37:58know what I mean?
38:02That looks pretty good, Mike.
38:05Thank you, Monica.
38:10Cut, now 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 kids 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.
39:49Yeah, 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 but now, you know, Parker's offer,
40:20who knows, that might be the answer for the future.
40:23There'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.
40:47Long time no see.
40:47It's nice to get in that Hester, isn't it?
40:49Hi.
40:50Yes.
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.
40:56All right.
40:57The Beats 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, the only question is, how
41:12much more can they get this year?
41:14So there's a sluice log.
41:16Are you counting?
41:17Okay.
41:17Okay, do it.
41:18Let's see what we got out of that.
41:2020, 40, 60, 100, 150, 180, 200, 230, 240, 250, 260, 267.9.
41:36Is that this thing as good as sluice log has done or what?
41:39Yeah, sluice log has been down a little bit, but it's up again now.
41:43Yeah, it was good though.
41:44So which one is next?
41:45Find a lot?
41:46Find a lot.
41:47Perfect.
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.
42:04In just one week, Tony's two plants have delivered nearly $2 million.
42:10That's a pretty good haul, all right?
42:13True.
42:14Let's do the trommel.
42:15Ready to weigh it up?
42:16Yes.
42:1910, 20, 30, 40, 50.
42:22As well as opening the Hester, Mike's crew have run Paradise Hills Trommel, averaging
42:28215 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 Goldway.
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.
43:00It's just crazy.
43:01Yeah.
43:02That's awesome.
43:03The Beats season total?
43:068,257 ounces.
43:10Nearly $28.9 million in gold.
43:16Anyway, that's pretty decent gold this week.
43:19A lot of bucks, guys.
43:20A lot of bucks.
43:20You guys should clean this up.
43:22Put it away.
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.
43:34So we'll catch you later.
43:35Bye.
43:35Bye.
43:43Yo, yo.
43:45Hey, man.
43:46After Tony's monster Goldway, Parker is now 470 ounces behind.
43:53We're swamped down here.
43:55Back to four plants again.
43:57Yeah.
43:57Finally.
43:58Oh.
43:59Were you able to keep Roxanne going all week?
44:04We were, yeah, so.
44:05That's good.
44:06I know Mitch and Tyson butted heads a little bit, but no punches were thrown, huh?
44:10I'm disappointed in you guys.
44:14I didn't raise your right.
44:16Last week, Parker's three wash plants brought in just over 421 ounces.
44:23You want to start a 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.
44:33Bob 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.
44:52That'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.
45:1120, 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.
45:31One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
45:4340, 50, 70, 90.
45:47Keep going.
45:51160, 177.05.
45:55Nearly $620,000.
45:58Nice.
45:59Oh, yeah.
45:59Good purchase.
46:00Sick.
46:01Yeah.
46:02That 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.
46:19We got 20, 60, 80, 100, 120, 130, 143.8.
46:32Nice.
46:33This is solid.
46:35Yeah.
46:35Last 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.
46:49That 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.
46:59Worth nearly $29.4 million.
47:04The most ounces of gold Parker has ever mined in a season.
47:09Putting him 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.
47:36That'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 her happen.
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