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00:03it's what you get when you play outside on this episode of mine rescue looks like more
00:10rains it's all hands on deck to save a veteran run dry mine running a dry plant it's got to
00:17be
00:17100 dry he's losing gold all over the place overrun by monsoon rains it keeps doing this every day
00:26we're in deep trouble but with crew tensions high listen let me handle it anything that he's brought
00:35up here is none of the flattened out stuff that was to drive we really need freddy and one's help
00:41freddy and one must devise new tactics look how hot this is we've never built anything like this
00:46to even the odds fire her up oh look at that that's a beautiful piece they're our final hope
01:07what kind of figures how long we're going to work on a dry plant and now a monsoon's supposed to
01:14be
01:14coming in on us dry mining it's a tough game they're saying we could get three to five inches of
01:21rain
01:23deep in arizona freddy and juan respond to a desperate call for help
01:29at a claim run by a group of military veterans with a great cause
01:38how's it going guys good good good larry yeah nice to meet you how are you all larry pleasure
01:44larry freddy here's your mine huh it's the dust bowl there you go yeah dry plant yeah not so much
01:50today though a lot of rain yeah so larry do you own part of the operation then yeah i'm full
01:55-time
01:56mining with them so how long have you guys been mining here for about a year now okay how much
02:00gold have you been able to collect about 10 ounces 10 ounces 10 ounces what's your best day 13 grams
02:05out of how many yards 130 that's not real good we know yeah what's your goal this year 80 ounces
02:12and where you at right now uh we're not even over an ounce do you have any gold we can
02:18look at yeah i
02:19got some right here yeah it's fine gold we know we lose a lot especially on fine gold yeah and
02:26there's
02:27definitely an acceptable loss but when it comes to dry mining that loss is huge with gold prices the
02:31way they are now every spec counts every time we pan our tailings we find gold i'm a navy vet
02:39i was an
02:40operations specialist did two trips to vietnam but gold it always fascinated me after 10 years in the navy
02:49and four decades running a successful business larry walked away from retirement for one last mission
02:59my dream for veterans is that they have a safe place to integrate back into civilian life to learn new
03:08skills i've learned as i did in the military that teamwork is so important to make his dream real larry
03:18poured his retirement fund into this 20-acre claim the cost to keep the equipment uh the rentals
03:25is quite scary we really need freddie and juan's help now we've borrowed to our limits soon
03:33it's going to be more on the break it in than to make it in you have a group of
03:39guys that you're
03:39helping out are those the vets you're talking about yes we got about five veterans the end dream is
03:44veterans can come out here and learn heavy equipment operation learn mining we have to get the gold
03:49right first to be able to do that how much do you have invested in this operation a little over
03:53120
03:54000 personally and 160 000 worth of equipment and loans okay that's that's substantial rentals alone
04:04cost us 16 000 a month and our fuel bill is well above eight grand each month the vets need
04:11to pull
04:1124 000 worth of gold each month just to break even so you got a lot of people's money on
04:18the line
04:19not only money but potentially a lot of people's future you know what do you think before it rains
04:24let's do a two-hour test huh sounds good yeah you got people out here that have their life savings
04:31tied up in this and uh they're trying to help people and help themselves at the same time but if
04:36you go broke in that process you're helping nobody there we are got a nice little dry wash plant huh
04:42yeah we got a five box plant we can only run about 10 to 15 yards an hour desert mining
04:50is synonymous with
04:51dry washers which rely on a process of air and vibration to separate gold from the material a dry
04:59plant is up to 15 percent less efficient than a wash plant but allows mining in places with little to
05:07no water so you guys going to start hauling pay uh larry basically runs the whole pit operation well
05:16let's run it before the rain hits the forecast for today's showers and then downpours always rain on the
05:23worst possible times every time we try to run the planet wants to rain let's get running let's go
05:29get running let's get running let's get running let's get running let's get running let's get running
05:38first bucket line yep
05:45a noisy little guy kaden feeds pay onto a five and a half foot vibrating screen
05:54where material drops into five blow boxes which use air and vibration to force tailings out
06:03leaving the heavier gold behind
06:08these the tough situation here see the little dust storm that's pay dirt blowing he's losing gold all
06:14over the place we don't get this working a lot better for us everything's at stake we're going to
06:22lose the mind and we're never going to be able to help the other veterans out
06:28i come from a long line of military my grandfather was drafted into vietnam my great-grandfather was in
06:35world war ii and my father was special forces and i was in fort gordon georgia and fort hood texas
06:43after leaving the army kaden teamed up with larry and formed the veteran mining company focused on
06:51making a difference i've lost military friends due to ptsd and what i've seen work is getting a group of
06:59guys together and doing something to give them a sense of purpose once again but if we don't get our
07:05plant functioning a lot better i don't think we're going to be around another month
07:14there's quite a few issues that i'm seeing you know one of them is the feed uh secondary you know
07:20the waves distributed to the sluices and then three the sluices themselves
07:30another day in the neighborhood
07:34500 yards away in the pit the crew stockpiled pay led by larry in the 440 excavator
07:44i worked my whole adult life saved money for retirement and once i got creating something
07:52for the veterans i decided to go all in on it
07:59the team in the pit or army vet jim porcho on the skid steer and navy mechanic turned miner tim
08:07searson on the loader you know larry any way you look at it this is still better than a
08:12good day on the flight deck you know what i mean yeah army's used to dirt so every day is
08:19a good day in the dirt
08:20for them roger that i've got about 35 000 invested and that's a significant sum of money for my wife
08:30and i tim moves the freshly dug pay across the pit we can bring veterans on the ground out here
08:37and man i can face my creator and say yep i helped do that but you know an operation like
08:43this we've
08:44got our share of problem i wish i had a nickel for every load that i ran through this thing
08:51jim screens
08:53material through the grizzly i've always liked running equipment i did not anticipate eating
09:02quite as much dirt though next he lays out the painter in hopes of drying it before it's screened
09:14he can't pick up and move it over to the plan roger that once screened tim picks the pay up
09:21again
09:21taking the material to the plant for caden to feed
10:04the material is just damp enough that as it's rolling in there then it gets stuck in those doors i
10:08keep having to get in there with a screwdriver to break it apart did you not have any other stuff
10:17that we flattened out yesterday despite best laid plans so none of that material that's been
10:24flattened out is up here right now no that was all was classified what pay has been mixed in and
10:30taken
10:31to the plant it's all soaked he told me to save it all right i just just let me handle
10:37it larry no can
10:41you come with me on this one anything that he's brought up here is none of the flattened out stuff
10:46that was to drive he's got that still stacked all the time you're saying how this guy's incompetent
10:52this guy can't do this this guy because it's eye because it's what i see today's day
11:03none of this stuff is dry we don't always see eye to eye we butt heads on a lot of
11:09things
11:09but i try to take as much pressure off as i can i wonder if the front might be a
11:15little drier
11:21it's probably still holding that moisture from that monsoon yeah it's dry here okay i'll start
11:27pulling from here you know you would think out here in the desert we wouldn't have a problem
11:30with moisture but a pile like this that moisture gets locked inside so uh yeah it's a massive problem
11:45right now why the heck is that thing not shaking
11:55at the dry plant there's another snag
12:02vibrators and overheated
12:06the vibrator that clears tailings from the screen keeps cutting out
12:14lower at an hour and 45 right now well let's call it i guess
12:28uh we got rain coming in we got to get the plant cleaned out and we got to get this
12:32pay covered
12:33before it starts pouring down you know looking at the equipment that he has around here it's easily
12:38twenty thousand dollars a month well here don't let me spill that let's keep the gold
12:45they haven't made enough money to be able to really cover even one month of rental
12:49my opinion this operation is just days away from going broke
13:10it's going guys good morning good morning after a stormy night at the veteran mining company's claim in
13:18arizona well it was nice earlier than a rainstorm now it looks like more rain's coming that unpredictability
13:26causes us a lot of problems the crew weighs the gold from the abandoned two-hour test
13:33well let's see your gold well that's what we got
13:37well that won't pay the bills that's for sure
13:500.02 guys that's not good
13:58you can call it sixty dollars in gold he probably burnt two hundred dollars in fuel in that two
14:02hours yesterday after expenses this way leaves a monthly loss of sixteen thousand dollars
14:13if we don't have better results we're not gonna be around much longer
14:18i wouldn't be discouraged though you guys want to do this to be able to help vets
14:22we love the idea you know i think there uh there could be a possibility here to do that but
14:26i think
14:27it's going to be a whole change of process we'll go put our heads together and yeah try to figure
14:32some stuff out here better days ahead let's do it we'll see you guys back in thank you okay thank
14:38you
14:40we're not going to survive if we keep getting clean outs like this we can't even pay for our fuel
14:44yeah
14:46there's a whole lot riding on this but we're not a group that uh that takes failure lightly
14:52the reality is they're our final hope to uh keep this thing alive well they got a lot of bad
14:59things
14:59going on here the whole operation needs revamped it doesn't have near the eccentric in it
15:06to get that material going down right well that dry wash box that screen on a lot of those is
15:11actually
15:12wore out holes in them there's a good chance we're losing a lot of that fine gold exactly that
15:16material is too wet you know especially right now yeah if it's going to be a dry plant you're going
15:20to
15:20run pay has to be dry 100 dry not damp not moist dry so what i'm thinking it's going to
15:28require
15:28planning but build a heating pad in order to be able to dry that material you know we're going to
15:33have to heat it from the inside out it's going to be on a pile and heat rises yeah
15:36i think the biggest thing is damp material well let's go talk to them let's do it we just got
15:44an
15:44inch of rain last night if it keeps doing this every day we're in deep trouble from mid-june to
15:51september in arizona intense summer heat creates low pressure that pulls in moist tropical air over the
15:58gulf of california creating heavy monsoonal thunderstorms this year late season heat
16:07has brought even heavier rains onto bone dry ground creating disastrous conditions for dry washing
16:19how's it going guys it's going genuinely there's a lot to do a lot every step of your process needs
16:27help okay and the damp materials really got us worried you know because you know you're running
16:32a dry plant it's got to be 100 dry yeah we've been fighting yes we want to build a heating
16:37grid
16:37to be able to store your material yeah it's going to be pretty intricate and basically all the material
16:43that's stacked on top of it's going to get heated from the bottom up it's going to be a learning
16:47experience we've never done it before we want to work on your plant itself on that screen that eccentric
16:52isn't really doing anything underneath there yeah your dry boxes they're actually torn so we got to work
16:56on those as well okay we actually drove by your cut just a minute ago and it's underwater right now
17:01is there any way we could pump that water out of there yeah we have a pump for it before
17:05it keeps
17:05soaking in yeah but uh as far as material roughly eight thousand dollars and then labor we both
17:11decided that we don't want to charge anything for labor yeah appreciate the military absolutely
17:15you know they keep this country where we can go out gold mining yeah so we appreciate that thank
17:21you for your service so if you guys are good with it we're good with it
17:26my opinion is we're out of options we're all in well deal then yeah yeah absolutely
17:33to give this veteran-run mine a fighting chance
17:41one will build a unique heating pad to dry wet pay hot air from a diesel burner will blow into
17:50a central
17:51manifold then through a network of pipes while retaining walls hold the material as it dries
18:00to increase recovery on the plant custom adjustable eccentrics will allow more pay to feed through the screen
18:09the blow boxes will be upgraded with new mesh and aluminum back plates to prevent fine gold from being lost
18:19finally freddy will examine their cut to locate the best gold bearing pay
18:29so this is the beginning of the heating grid
18:32one kicks off the fixes with his one-of-a-kind pay dryer
18:42we've never built anything like this so we had to kind of design it on the fly
18:46we're building a manifold heat's going to radiate from tubes up and into the pile of material on top
18:54the idea that we have here it should work but ultimately we don't know until the test run when
18:59we get pay on there to dry it out we'll see how it does
19:07we'll see how it works we'll see how it looks like it's going to be a little bit better
19:10freddy asked us to get the pump set up to get the water out of the pit
19:14usually monsoon season is way earlier in the year so we don't have to really worry about the water
19:19issue of filling the pit as much it's just getting worse and worse this season
19:25down in the cut okay let's do it all right i'm gonna start it caden and larry pump out the
19:34flood water
19:38all our material in the cuts just going to be wet and we can't run that through the plant
19:43the sudden monsoons that come up are just a nightmare it's what you get when you play outside
20:02so your cut management you're most important as far as what to dig and what not to dig okay
20:08at the veteran mining company claim in arizona it'll make you or break you
20:15the cut is now dry enough for freddy to examine i want to get in there and look at what
20:21they've
20:21been pulling out it may take 10 pounds to find a color but if you find a color it should
20:26be decent
20:27pain this stuff right here you can actually see the layers in it yeah so that's lake bed silt
20:34gold doesn't travel in silt beds that stuff won't even grow potatoes let alone catch gold
20:40you're digging it all at one shot right yeah sure you might think there's gold because that top layer
20:47is going to have some gold in it yeah and then you're mixing it all together all you're doing
20:51is watering down your your pay yeah and it costs just as much to run that as it does stuff
20:58with gold
20:58in it yeah let's go have a look at that hole over there okay
21:10what's your average day then uh with the plant continuously breaking we're sitting at about two
21:15three grams a day well not enough the material is definitely shingled in here so an old river channel
21:25probably you know during the ice ages when this would have been a lot wetter area
21:30the rocks tell you a story see how these rocks are laid flat when it's in flowing and moving material
21:37it's not going to stand up right millions of years ago powerful rivers cut through the bradshaw mountains
21:45washing gold from hard rock veins into the basin below as the water slows and dries up the heavy
21:52gold settles into the gravel left behind
22:02this is the best looking stuff to me okay by far
22:07you know you can tell all this was put down by a stream bed so nature's sluice box right yep
22:12you got
22:13that clay layer on the bottom that wouldn't allow gold to pass through it clay layers act as false
22:19bedrock stopping heavy gold from sinking any deeper let's get some of those gravels here and have a look
22:25okay
22:35how many people help out here five most of the guys in the navy
22:40my dad was in the navy in world war ii he got to fight kamikazes in the pacific
22:49his ship never got hit though he's on a destroyer yeah awesome there you go
22:57you like it out here in the desert i like being in the middle of nowhere don't have to deal
23:01with people
23:02you know there's three colors fine gold there's one there one there one there a lot of what we've
23:12been finding though is that fine stuff yeah there's gold in it i'd say uh get in there and get
23:19that
23:19material okay if we can get a bunch of that out get it up here sounds good to me so
23:26it's one of those
23:27situations where if you don't hydrate your material and take the best of the best you go broke
23:40so we got all the pieces cut out for the manifold
23:44at the cut trailer one welds together the manifolds for the heating grid
23:52there's going to be one of these sections on each side so it's going to be a total of 16
23:55feet long
23:56by four feet deep and we're going to have three sides of this there will be the center section where
24:01the heat's going to get forced in and then from there it'll distribute across the tubes so it's just
24:06one to go all good
24:27swing that way
24:30at the plant freddy rallies the troops to begin work on the dry plant screen
24:36and shaker boom up
24:42track back
24:47it'll work yep
24:52so i'm going to design and build a whole new setup it's a design that i did years ago on
24:58some of my
24:58own stuff freddy's first mission upgrade the eccentric system for a more violent shake
25:06this is going to be the new shaft so their old one was only half length if everything works out
25:12like
25:12it should on this eccentric it'll uh make that machine work a heck of a lot better
25:23yeah it's not good so uh we've got to get the rust off here so it'll go through the bearings
25:29we'll start at that end
25:31i'm going to do a bush lat here yep okay and then uh back to you need more tape
25:36ah you need more tape easy i'm sorry
25:44sanding off the rust will help ease the shaft through the new bearings
25:56push her on through look at that she's going now that's almost too pretty for our plant
26:03we're out of the military too then or yes sir in the navy 80 to 90. okay aircraft carrier jet
26:10engine
26:10mechanic okay worked the flight deck come from georgia um went in the military at 17. saw the world
26:18that have always enjoyed prospecting always wanted to prospect out west after retiring in 2003
26:26tim was a hobby prospector when he found the veteran mining company
26:31as far as being a vet myself coming out here has been awesome it's renewed my sense of what we
26:37fought
26:37for i can't imagine what this could mean some of our hardest hit combat vets the severe ptsd sufferers
26:46it makes your heart swell like it's a good deal if this mine works out just got to be enough
26:52gold
26:53here you know we're looking forward to getting gold in the pan yep well thank you for your help guys
26:58i can
26:58get her from here we've only got so much time here and uh you know look at the puffy clouds
27:10starting
27:10to fire back up in the sky now the dry plant cannot run material with any moisture in it so
27:15i am extremely
27:17worried one are you still working on that heater hopefully we can get material on there and not the
27:24moisture out of it
27:41it's the final day of fixes at the veteran mining company's claim we needed a little more work area
27:48so we moved the manifold onto the trailer and with more monsoon rains on the horizon
27:54juan tests out the heating grid the heat's going to be introduced right in the center and then from
28:00there it's going to distribute six to the left six to the right and then it'll go to the next
28:05one
28:09see blow through there
28:15it's not really warm the burner generates 5000 btu's of heat but it's not transferring properly through the
28:23grid we're not having really good combustion in there we need more draw through that's what i wanted
28:29to check before we got too carried away we're going to have to put another tube in here we'll
28:35do it right here in the center originally the burner that i had anticipated had a little bit less
28:40cfm this one has more so we need to add more ventilation there isn't enough air flow to fully heat
28:47the grid we're gonna have to mark the center put the tube in get it in weld it but at
28:53least we know
28:53now you know running a dry plant you have to have completely dry material and right now during the
29:00raining season it's almost impossible this is going to be essential for him to keep on running i still
29:04have a lot to do here what they had before was just some welded pieces on there that you couldn't
29:14adjust anything on at the wash plant freddie installs the new eccentric weights to the shaker screen
29:22now i can make it exactly balanced where there's no vibration so the farther i move this around the
29:28more out of balance it becomes so it'll shake harder the weights can be adjusted to a shake that best
29:35suits the material being run it's going to make the plant more efficient it's going to clean the material
29:41better it'll help out a bunch eccentrics in place the screen is lifted back into position you good i'm good
29:56okay that's a fit there you go
30:05real good fix looks good freddie has one final finishing touch so i just built this damper guys
30:13a toolbox liner turned dampener to slow down material
30:19there you go so when that material comes down yeah it's going to help push that material through
30:24that screen but it's going to help keep dust down and help more gold get into your boxes
30:33something that costs you know 20 bucks to make but it'll help save gold every time you run
30:42you got a crescent wrench and a hammer i got all kind of stuff i don't have a hammer
30:48down yep and then i don't quite see where there is gold that we're gonna leave it box
30:52it goes here at the bottom we're on top of down hereê´€ that comes out a picture of red
31:03because there is a wire that i should be constant going back to the checking case
31:03right now and let them all come back to check out Mark's he got into paper going back on the
31:15Last one in.
31:17Got that one done. Good job.
31:19All right.
31:21A number of years ago, I enlisted in the Army Security Agency.
31:25I had top secret clearance, so was able to work for NASA for a little while.
31:30All of that sort of led me to be out here to do this.
31:34A lifelong interest in prospecting led Jim to the veteran mining company.
31:40My investment is one of labor.
31:43I start the day 3.30 in the morning, and usually before daylight, I try to have the machines greased.
31:51Sustaining this operation is a challenge.
31:53Different fun, different day.
31:56Equipment breaks, weather disagrees with us.
31:59What I'm getting out of it is the satisfaction of doing something for the veterans long term by enabling this
32:06mine to be a success.
32:13This is number two.
32:15Seven, two.
32:18We've relined them, put new backing plates on them.
32:21I can't wait to see them.
32:23Full of shiny.
32:24Yep.
32:31That's a wrap.
32:32These are in.
32:41You know, if we don't have dry pay for this final run, we won't be able to run, so we
32:44have to use this.
32:45By adding this 4-inch tube in the center, we should be able to get that extra heat.
32:49Back at the cut trailer, Juan adds an extra tube, the full length of the grid, to improve the airflow
32:56and fix the heating issue.
32:58Let me run it.
33:01Look how hot this is.
33:04The heat's traveling.
33:05We wanted to make sure we had enough airflow so it would burn properly and be able to heat up
33:10the grid.
33:10It's actually working really good now.
33:12Okay, perfect.
33:15Yeah, right now, genuinely, we're out of time.
33:18We'll get the sides on.
33:19We've got to get this down to the plant so we can get it set up, get it fired off,
33:23so we can start drying some pay.
33:32Yeah, it's well built.
33:34Ready to see it go to work.
33:40Heating grid complete, it's put into position, ready to dry pay.
33:53Let's get some tailings, bury it, it keeps it from moving, but also it'll kind of insulate it.
34:03We could probably cook eggs on that.
34:12Freddy was right on the mark on this.
34:15In preparation for the second test, Larry and the vets stockpile high-grade pay for the dryer.
34:22This pay is looking really, really good.
34:25He's a gold guru.
34:32We get this material up to the heat pad, do our second run on this.
34:39It's good to see how much we've improved and how much more gold we have.
34:48We've got a lot of high hopes for this thing.
34:50I'm sure it's what our future's going to hold up here.
34:57All in all, it's been a pretty good day.
34:59Hopefully, this mine's sustainable.
35:03But you can't run the material wet, it's got to be dry, or it will not recover the gold in
35:08the plant.
35:09Time will tell.
35:35Well, this is the last piece of the puzzle.
35:37This vibrates to be able to clear out the tailing chute.
35:42In western Arizona...
35:44It's a little tiny fix, but it's a big deal.
35:47Juan installs one last fix on the veteran mining company's operation.
35:52We should be able to run a little longer, and more importantly, get more gold.
35:56Well, there it is.
35:57We should be able to fire this thing up now.
36:01Let's run!
36:07The fixes, we're hoping, is going to make a huge difference.
36:11We were right on the edge of make or break.
36:15Newly upgraded dry plant and bespoke pay dryer at the ready.
36:21Freddy and Juan kick off the second test.
36:24Fire her up!
36:27Oh-ho!
36:28Oh-ho!
36:30She's going.
36:31Awesome.
36:33It's been a long road, but I can't wait to see how much gold we get.
36:38Well, two-hour test.
36:40Let's do it.
36:46Get some of this dry material.
36:50All right, let's get this first bucket in.
37:03The screen's working good, Juan.
37:05You guys can see that it's moving now.
37:08Good work, Fred.
37:10Nice.
37:14The eccentric's working perfect.
37:16The damper's doing its job.
37:18It's keeping that stuff from bouncing up.
37:23Pretty warmed up, Juan-o?
37:24Yeah, it's good.
37:26That's hot.
37:26Right, that orange is hot, too.
37:30The plant's running a lot better.
37:32We got the material classifying through really well.
37:39The boxes are doing really good.
37:42We put a new vibrator on the discharge chute, so it seems to be working good now.
37:49Dry pay and a dialed-in eccentric material flows cleanly through the plant and into the upgraded blowboxes.
38:05I'm hoping this second test run delivers more gold.
38:12In the cut, Larry and the rest of the crew focus on high-graded pay.
38:17The material here, we're getting up to the heater pad.
38:20Looks like this is going to be some good pay.
38:30Look how dry this material is now.
38:32It's a lot drier than we had before.
38:36Well, that's two hours, Juan.
38:38Last bucket!
38:52Hey, Larry.
38:53Can you head up here to the plant?
38:55Roger that.
39:00Everything was smoothed down in the pit.
39:03I had to go up here with the plant.
39:05All right.
39:06That dryer works fantastic.
39:08And then the top screen runs a heck of a lot better.
39:12Hopefully, we'll have a better cleaner.
39:26Hey, guys.
39:27Hey.
39:27How's it going?
39:28Let's put it on a scale.
39:32Some super fine gold and some a little bit bigger gold, yeah.
39:38Looks better than the first run.
39:44There we go.
39:460.08.
39:47Going from 0.02 to 0.08.
39:49That's huge.
39:50300% increase.
39:52Running a full day would recover just under $1,600 in gold.
39:58Enough to cover costs and keep the veteran mining dream alive.
40:03At gold the price it is right now, it's viable.
40:05You can actually run the mine on that.
40:07And get your buddies out here.
40:08With those numbers, it's sustainable.
40:11You know, I know this is really important to you guys,
40:13so please keep us posted.
40:14We're going to give it our best shot.
40:15Well, gentlemen, we better get on the road.
40:17Thank you, guys.
40:17Pleasure coming out here and working with you guys.
40:18Great meeting you guys.
40:19Appreciate everything.
40:21Likewise.
40:22Thank you, gentlemen.
40:24Thank you, Freddie and Juan.
40:25The improvements you made to help us move forward.
40:29We're not going to give up.
40:30We're going to be here this time next year.
40:34Going from 0.02 to 0.08.
40:36It goes from not being viable to now that they have a chance
40:40to run this mine with the vets.
40:41The dryer's working.
40:43They're being able to recover a lot more of the gold.
40:44So, honestly, I couldn't be happier.
40:48I'm more than pleased with that.
40:50Not only, you know, is it a gold mine, it's a good cause.
40:53Right?
40:54To help these vets be able to come out here and to work
40:58and maybe make a dime, you know, means more than the gold itself.
41:07Having Freddie and Juan out here, you know, they're incredible in what they do.
41:12The plants running, absolutely wonderful.
41:14The boxes with new frames and mats and the vibrators that fixed the shaker deck.
41:20The efficiency was tremendous.
41:22Where to find the gold, what to look for, was immensely valuable to us.
41:27Freddie and Juan, thank you for your efforts out here.
41:31The knowledge you bestowed on us.
41:33And I hope to see you again down the road.
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