Gold Rush (2010) Season 16 Episode 19

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⛏️ Gold Rush (2010) - Season 16 Episode 19  The season reaches its climax! In Episode 19, [brief hook: see episode-specific hooks below]. With time running out and goals on the line, every yard of dirt matters. Will the ground deliver... or will dreams slip away?  🔹 Episode Highlights: • [E19 Hook: "The final push: crews race to maximize gold before season end"] • [E20 Hook: "Season's end showdown: weigh-ins, revelations & what's next"] • High-stakes mining: equipment pushed to the limit in harsh conditions • Crew dynamics: tension, triumph & the human cost of chasing gold • Behind-the-scenes strategy: how pros adapt when plans fall apart  🔹 Series Info: • Format: Reality Documentary / Mining Adventure / Survival Competition • Original Network: Discovery Channel • Season: 16 | Episodes: 19-20 (Season Finale Arc) • Featured Crew: Parker Schnabel, Rick Ness, Tony Beets, Freddy Dodge & more • Setting: Yukon, Alaska, Montana – Remote Mining Territories • Language: English (Original Audio) • Runtime: ~42 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~8-12 min  🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to Gold Rush recaps & mining podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.  👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Team Parker, Rick, or Tony? 👇⛏️" Turn on notifications 🔔 so you never miss the next dig!  #GoldRush #GoldRushS16 #MiningReality #DiscoveryChannel #ParkerSchnabel #GoldMining #RealityTV #S16E[X] #YukonLife #BingeWatch #HeavyEquipment  ⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Gold Rush" belong to Discovery Communications and Raw Television. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.

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00:00Oh

00:30The last few weeks have been really difficult

00:32and set us back quite a bit with low recovery,

00:37low 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.

01:38Just, 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, it's 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, I need, you know,

02:19as 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?

03:18Bailey, you got a copy?

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

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

03:35Holy Billy, how 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 tire's 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?

04:01You 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.

04:14So 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.

04:28Because the last thing we want is this cab to roll here.

04:30Yeah, copy that.

04:31You 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.

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

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

05:22The pay pile's getting low.

05:24I need trucks rolling.

05:39I'm going to be able to do it.

05:40Yo!

05:41Yo!

05:42What's going on?

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

05:49Uh, this A-Stay bushing is kind of brought out, and I'm a little concerned just because, like,

05:55this plate is completely dropped.

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

06:12This is a nightmare.

06:13Those 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

06:27when moving on uneven 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.

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

06:50and

06:51unscrew them. Then the A-Stay can be pulled apart and new parts installed, allowing the truck to be driven

06:59safely.

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, but we

07:08don't,

07:09we can't give you a spare right now. I 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

07:23wash 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. Perfect.

07:53Hey man, how's it going?

07:54Pretty good, you?

07:55Oh, had better days in search of a rock truck. We got the front axles about ready to fall out

08:01of one of ours,

08:02so I took it to the yard. Janko's working on it. He's got the parts, but he's going to be

08:06a bit to

08:07get it running, and I was hoping you had a spare that I can grab, get back down there so

08:11we can

08:11keep sluicing.

08:13You don't really have a spare, man. We'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, every truck's being used and, you know, one,

08:29you know how it is when you're running lots of trucks. One 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.

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

08:52we got to try and keep all these wash plants running. It'd do me a huge favor if you had

08:57something I could

08:59grab right now, man. Right. Well, I just can't do that, man.

09:09Thanks.

09:10No worries.

09:15This is .

09:33Last week, uh, it was a big blow. You know, we spent almost two months, uh, stripping this,

09:39this Valhalla cut. And when we got to the bottom, you know, right above pay, we got the worst news,

09:43basically at least 20 feet of clay on top of that. And we do not have the time this year

09:47to deal with it.

09:48So we had to abandon that and, uh, and move on. And it's, uh, it's a, it's a, that's a

09:53big one.

09:53That's a big up. Rick Ness is licking his wounds. After spending a million dollars on

10:00his Valhalla cut, he hit a clay layer blocking his path to the pay dirt. Rick doesn't have enough

10:07time to break through it this year. And now he's heading back to another spot he abandoned earlier

10:14this season. We've got no choice now. Got to return to Vegas Valley. We've got, uh, pay dirt.

10:22We know it's good. We know it's got a lot of gold. We still have a lot of work to

10:25do to make it safe.

10:29Last year, Rick's Vegas Valley cut saved his season, paying out nearly 2.1 million dollars

10:36in 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. We'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, hoping 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.

11:30Well, we'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. There's nothing I can do about it. I 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. 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 of just trying to get down to pay

12:06as quick as we can. We know there's pay here. Pretty 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. But there's a block of thawing permafrost overhanging

12:31the entrance to the cut, making the wall unstable. Rick must use the 460 to dig back the overhang

12:40and make it safe enough to mine the cut below.

12:52Can you hear me right? Yeah, 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.

13:04Walk 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

13:16permafrost out of here. All I've got is our 460 and with this big old kind of held together bucket,

13:24you know, we can't cry about it. We can't just not do it. We just have to do it.

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

13:40Oh, dude.

13:50Oh, f*** great.

13:52Well, that's the first.

14:01Yeah, this is not what we need right now. It's the only other excavator and they've got no

14:04f*** 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 f*** floor out of a bucket on that 460. It'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

14:29we're going to have to look for another 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. I didn't think this one was there. I 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, I've got to figure out who to call first.

15:22Good luck with that.

15:25I'd pretty much do it as soon as that happened, that we could fix that bucket,

15:28but it's going to take way too long.

15:29We need that machine now.

15:30So I'm going to have to find a new one and get it here f***ing quick.

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

16:00So I mean, we just keep on producing and that'll be more gold than we ever got out of the

16:05ground.

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

16:23Sun Mike's trommel 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 that moves, the lice is 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.

16:53I think we better give Mike a challenge on day.

16:59Get him to open up the Hester cut.

17:02Last year, we left the Hester cut behind.

17:04And 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 just 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 by the 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 getting 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 **** was that?

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

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

18:22Wow.

18:24That has to be fold 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.

19:07It'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

19:23****ing us up.

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

19:27if anything, because 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, we'll be plowing away at all that all the **** way along.

19:36Yeah.

19:37Because the slope is ****ing in, 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 **** load of **** money in this hole.

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

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

20:00Then, 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 hot-ball things, yeah.

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

20:19We're going 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, let me ****ing do that again.

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

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

20:41No skill required for that one, wasn't it?

20:44Perfect.

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

20:55So, now that we shot the boilers out of the hillside down there, start digging it out.

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

21:05We're going to put trucks on these 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

21:18them flat.

21:19But then what I would like to do, Zach, is back them ****ing 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 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.

22:03Get pumping, Mike.

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

22:07End of the week?

22:09Right.

22:10Let's ****ing get on it.

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

22:15Yeah, okay.

22:16Fire it all.

22:31We 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, having 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 week.

23:11He'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.

23:32What do 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, yeah, I 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.

24:03Okay.

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

24:08Okay.

24:14Um, okay.

24:16All righty, well.

24:18All right.

24:18We'll keep at it.

24:19Thanks, man.

24:20All right, 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, but, you know, one truck down here is 50% of my fleet at the

24:35moment.

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, hey, Taylor, man.

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

24:51Um, dude, I don't know what to tell you, man.

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

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

24:58Okay.

24:58Thanks, 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

26:01and then get it pounded out and get new 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.

26:15Yeah, there we go.

26:19Okay, hopefully this thing will just fly out of here.

26:24Beauty.

26:25Beauty.

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.

27:01Oh, awesome.

27:01It'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 to pay the haul.

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

27:25Mitch and his skeleton crew are back to full strength

27:29and must now play catch-up to deliver a big haul this week.

27:34Man, it's so nice up in 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 Austin City.

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

28:10I'm hoping to get a good deal on one.

28:13This is where the gold rush happened.

28:14This is where everybody came to.

28:16And they were in the gold fields just outside of this town trying 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, if I'm being honest.

28:33I mean, they both have tons of ground and they're making a fortune.

28:40I'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.

28:48Rick 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.

29:00It's, uh, look 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.

29:13It's got to be it.

29:19All right, well, 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.

29:38All right.

29:38No, I'm having a blast still.

29:39That's good.

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

29:42That's cool.

29:43I'm fresh off the track.

29:44How many of them?

29:46That's number five.

29:47Eleven?

29:48Yeah.

29:51I've heard rumblings.

29:52How many wash plants?

29:53Four.

29:54Oh, yeah.

29:55This is, especially with gold prices up,

29:57this 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?

30:25Chasing 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.

30:49Oh, right there.

30:51There's these guys.

30:52Do 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.

31:00Yeah, yeah.

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

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

31:09Um, there's a real peach for you.

31:12That's beauty.

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

31:15I'm not in terrible shape.

31:17No, I'm not in bad.

31:19What do you want for it, a 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

31:32dealing with things like this.

31:33I don't know.

31:33Five grand?

31:36Yeah, why 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.

32:04I'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, he won't pay you what it's worth.

32:31No.

32:31Be a bad time to sell, I think.

32:34Well, no.

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

32:37Yeah.

32:38Okay.

32:39Think about it.

32:41All right.

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

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

32:56Oh.

33:02All right.

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

33:04For real.

33:04Good 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 and it's a good

33:20trip.

33:21Time to get back to the mine.

33:45Making good progress, but it looks a bit, 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?

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 cut.

34:07It looks really well, Michael.

34:09It does.

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

34:11And last time I was here, it looked like that way.

34:15I ain't going to 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 going to come in here full force,

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

34:31No, I'm honestly a really tickled thing.

34:41Get a 480 in there.

34:43Yeah.

34:44And then there's a whole ass.

34:46Yeah.

34:47Get with it before it gets wet.

34:49That is all slucible material.

34:53Looks like a great job.

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

34:58Now look at it.

35:00We drive around in there, we rocked rocks like nothing.

35:05All right, then what we're going to do is, while the weather is still really nice,

35:09I'm going to double up in this cut, haul it out as quick as we can.

35:14Fearing that the cut could flood again,

35:17Tony wants to get all gold-rich pay dirt out as quickly as possible,

35:21so he sends in a fleet of machines.

35:24Hey, the other truck, you're on your way down, the 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.

36:01I don't give a what it is, make it move.

36:07Stop that truck, stop that truck.

36:10Mike, you got a truck so close to here, 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, moron in the truck.

36:27That'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.

36:44Oh no, where 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.

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

37:09I just got to come at it from a different angle.

37:18Monica beats.

37:20She got stuck.

37:24Come on little truckie, you can do it.

37:26It doesn't want me to go up the hill.

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.

37:52I 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 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.

39:06He 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.

39:39I 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.

39:52And I think that you continue the way you're going now and we'll be in business.

39:55Just get after it.

39:57Great, 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, who knows,

40:20that might be the answer for the future. There's a lot to think about.

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

40:42Hello.

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

40:44Long time no see.

40:46It's nice to get in that hester, isn't it?

40:49Hi? Yes.

40:51That we're finally going to get serious in the hester cut

40:53because I'd really like to see what's going to come out of that.

40:56So do I.

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,

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

41:15So there's a sluice lot.

41:16Are you counting?

41:17Okay, do it. Let'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 this thing is good as sluice lot has done or what?

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

41:43Yeah, it was good though. So which one is next?

41:45Find a lot?

41:46Find a lot.

41:47Perfect. I'll count it. Let'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 haul, all right?

42:12All right.

42:13All right.

42:13True.

42:14Let's do the trommel.

42:15Ready to weigh it up?

42:16Yes.

42:1910, 20, 30, 40, 50.

42:21As well as opening the Hester, Mike's crew have run Paradise Hills trommel, averaging 215 ounces a week.

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

42:40All in, a massive 924 ounces worth over $3.2 million. The Beats best ever Goldway.

42:53It is crazy. At the gold price as it is, that's just not normal. I mean, look how much of

42:59this

42:59worth. It's just crazy. Yeah.

43:02That's awesome.

43:03The Beats season total, 8,257 ounces. Nearly $28.9 million in gold.

43:16Anyway, that's pretty decent gold this week. A lot of bucks, guys. A lot of bucks.

43:20You guys should clean this up.

43:22Yep. Clean up. Let's get more. Let's get with it. Let's get at it. How's that?

43:25Bye.

43:26Bye.

43:27Make some more.

43:28Sounds like a plan.

43:29Go get it. Go get it. But the times are good. Bye.

43:31Anyway, young lady, I've got to go, so we'll catch you later. Okay?

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. Back to four plants again.

43:56Yeah, finally.

43:57Oh.

43:59Were you able to keep Roxanne going all week?

44:03We were, yeah.

44:05That's good.

44:06I know Mitch and Tyson, but it has 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.

44:22You want to start a little big, Bob?

44:24Now, he has four wash plants running at full capacity and what's 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.

44:4120, 40, 60, 100, 130, 152.55.

44:49Nice.

44:50Nice.

44:51Man.

44:51Yeah, that's good.

44:53They've been consistent.

44:54Try to 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.

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

45:4140, 50, 70, 90.

45:47Keep going.

45:49160.

45:51177.05.

45:54Nearly $620,000.

45:57Nice.

45:58Hell yeah.

45:59Good purchase.

46:00Sick.

46:01Yeah, that 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.

46:18We got 20, 60, 80, 100, 120, 130,

46:29143.8.

46:32Nice.

46:33Yeah.

46:34This 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.

46:52So where does that put us?

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

46:59Worth nearly $29.4 million, the 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 at 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 her happen.

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