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Gold Rush: Alaska - Season 16 - Episode 02: Eager Beavers
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00:26In a great start to the season.
00:40In his race to 6,500 ounces, Klondike kingpin Tony Beetz is off to a quick start.
00:54His early bird cut at Indian River has already delivered 417 ounces worth one and a half million dollars.
01:07I want to have two sides running.
01:10Mike is tripping Paradise Hill.
01:12As long as Mike gets bruising someone in June, I'll be happy.
01:16And then cousin Mike is running the Indian River.
01:19There's more pressure on him to keep the plant rolling, keep that gold flowing in.
01:23We're going to go get together with cousin Mike and see what we're going to do this year.
01:30.
01:32Look at this commotion.
01:35The high water and everything.
01:38I hate cousin Mike decopy.
01:41Go ahead.
01:42I see nothing but the water.
01:45There's a lot of water coming into the cut.
01:49I do not, do not want to flood the cut.
01:51Shut off the plant.
01:52Shut off the plant.
01:59With this gold price, anytime you shut down, you're going to loads of money.
02:04Let's see what the is happening.
02:15Hey, hey, hey.
02:16You see that beaver there in the water?
02:18That's the culprit.
02:19That little .
02:21We better check around there where we let the water out in the pond.
02:27You see what's happening on that side of the pipe?
02:30That beaver overnight, he plugged that culvert up.
02:34So, we'll have to fix it.
02:37Cousin Mike decopy?
02:39Go ahead, Tony.
02:41You come over here with an excavator, please.
02:43We got that beaver plugged that culvert.
02:46Copy that.
02:48At Indian River, the 13-acre early bird cut sits next to two connected settling ponds.
02:56These hold all the dirty sluice water from Wash Plant Sluicealot, discharged at 3,300 gallons a minute.
03:05But a beaver has plugged the culvert, connecting the two ponds.
03:11Unable to drain into the second pond, the first pond is quickly filled up and burst its banks.
03:20Water is now flooding into Tony's only gold-producing cut.
03:28Be damned if we're going to get that beaver to me around.
03:36What we're doing, we'll take the excavator.
03:38You will stand in the bucket, see if you can poke it out.
03:40OK.
03:40OK.
03:41Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
03:51Cousin Mike is going to try with a stick, but they're plenty smart, them things.
04:01That beaver knows what he's doing.
04:03He plugged up the culvert pretty good.
04:10F***ing beaver.
04:12Hurry the f*** up, get that water under control.
04:24It ain't ever going to f***ing work.
04:29To access and clear the culvert, Tony will first need to get rid of the water.
04:36So what we're going to do is we're going to block this culvert off.
04:42Then what I'll do is I'll bend the water out, and then we're going to see what the problem is.
04:51Now I'm just scooping out some water just to speed things up a little bit.
04:58And then we'll see what kind of sticks are in there and whatever.
05:07Good enough.
05:11We're lucky because sometimes they got logs in there, they got all kinds of crap in there.
05:18Let's scoop this up, get them sticks out.
05:26OK, I'm going to open it up.
05:39There it is.
05:42OK, fire up the plants.
05:50Bingo, we're back in business.
05:53And there he goes.
05:56He just may move to a different pond.
05:58Yeah, move to Parker or something.
06:03Anyway, for now we have that cure.
06:05All we got to do is keep running.
06:07That's what makes the money.
06:29First muggy of beer.
06:31That's great.
06:33Oh, this is a encouraging cleanup.
06:36Just like his father, Tony, eldest son, Kevin Beats, is already turning dirt into dollars.
06:48Only one week into his second season as Mind Boss, he's already banked 57 ounces of his new 2,000
06:57-ounce target.
06:58We started sluicing so early because last year we left ourselves a good little piggy bank.
07:04Because the gold price being as high as she is, now there's extra incentive to have money coming in from
07:09the get-go.
07:10It is unfortunate that Brennan is gone.
07:12We relied on him quite heavily for keeping the cut in line, but we will make it work somehow.
07:23All right, guys, we had a very good start, but as you know, Brennan is not coming back this year,
07:28so I'll be down here in the cut a bit more often to provide more guidance and direction.
07:33So, Caden, you can be feeding the plant. Rick on tailings again.
07:38Chelsea, Ayla and Tyler will get the rock trucks going to get a bit of stripping happening.
07:43Any comments, questions or concerns?
07:45My only concern would be about wet paint and our potential jam up.
07:50Well, we really don't have the time to let it dry right now.
07:53Have to try and shove it through and see what it does.
07:55Okay.
07:56So, let us get to getting and get some gold.
08:00Caden's concerns about the wet paint, weight against getting going.
08:04I think it is worth rolling the dice and just dealing with any issues as they arise.
08:11I think that Kevin's decision to run the wet paint is going to bite us in the ass in the
08:17long run.
08:18As spring temperatures begin to rise, Kevin's thawing paint pile is becoming sloppy.
08:26Wet paint.
08:28Skipping the belt.
08:29And proving problematic for 23-year-old local mechanic and operator, Caden Foote.
08:36The pay is so wet, the belt slips on it.
08:40It just doesn't pick it up.
08:42I don't know why he's choosing to do this, but it's making my patience run thin.
08:48Poor planning causes piss-poor production, which leads to piss-poor results.
08:57Oh, .
09:00It's a wet pay mat.
09:19Hey, Kevin, got a copy, Kevin?
09:22Go for Kevin.
09:24The roller on the feeder.
09:27The drive wheel was spinning, but the belt wasn't.
09:30It's soaking wet.
09:31So I shut everything down.
09:36See that?
09:38Wet mud.
09:40Can't run that.
09:42Jams up the feeder.
09:43Creates the drive belt to just spin.
09:47Endless problems.
09:50Can't run wet soup.
09:59I just dumped a bucket in when it stopped.
10:02Gotcha.
10:03But it was, like, soaking wet.
10:07Yeah.
10:08If we spread the material, it would dry out within a day or two.
10:13It's better than fighting constant shutdowns.
10:17Ugh, no.
10:18A lot of that is just feeding it in less quickly.
10:21And there will be less .
10:25We just have to make it work.
10:27Clean out the wheel.
10:29And after that, we'll get back to sluicing.
10:32Your call, boss.
10:38The wet pay is slopping over the side of the hopper feeder's first conveyor belt onto its drive wheel below,
10:48making it too slippery to grip and push the heavy dirt up the conveyor belt,
10:55stopping it from feeding pay onto the second conveyor and into the wash plan.
11:00Kevin's quick fix?
11:02Use 4,000 pounds per square inch of high-pressure hot water to blast away the mud.
11:09Then, fire up the plant and feed the pay at a slower rate.
11:24I really miss working with Brennan.
11:27He's my friend.
11:28He was super nice, supportive.
11:31And with Kevin, I feel like I'm disrespected.
11:34Whenever I bring something to his attention, nothing ever happens.
11:41He hired me on as a mechanic, and now I'm stuck doing this .
11:50Like, why are we struggling like this?
11:55It's really pissing me off.
12:19It's been a tough start to the season with the whole Dunkin' Creek water license thing.
12:23It's like beating a dead horse.
12:24Gold prices are great right now, and I have to pay for it.
12:27Make a move on this Lightning Creek option.
12:28It's either, you know, gone or, you know, sit here and cry about it, which we're not going to do.
12:3344-year-old mine boss, Rick Ness, is in survival mode.
12:38With red tape preventing him from running a stockpile of gold on his own claim,
12:44he has just one choice.
12:46Go back to leasing ground from his old landlord.
12:49It's Troy Taylor's ground, so I'm going to talk to Troy right now and see if we can come up
12:54with a deal.
12:55Quite honestly, I need it.
12:56I can't afford to not get gold this year.
12:57If Rick can cut a deal for the ground at Lightning Creek,
13:01he'll once again pay Troy a percentage on any gold he mines.
13:09Troy, how are you doing?
13:11Come on in.
13:15What's happening out there?
13:16No, no, no. I'm here to make a deal.
13:19Yeah, let's talk. What are you thinking?
13:22I guess we're going to talk about royalties.
13:25I'm looking for 10%.
13:29Yeah, well, things have changed.
13:34So what were you thinking?
13:36The royalty is 20%, Rick.
13:43Holy . I mean, that's a lot of money.
13:47I'd be taking all the risk from you and you'd be making more.
13:50What if, what if, what if we said 15?
13:56I get that, but there's less royalty.
13:59You know how it is with water licenses in demand.
14:02There's a lot of people more than ever showing interest right now.
14:04Yeah.
14:06So...
14:09Yeah.
14:09You're right about that.
14:10But like, how many of these people have you worked with?
14:12These people can promise you 20%.
14:14Well, what are they going to actually put in your hand?
14:16We've been working together for, you know, six years now.
14:19And if I say I can put good gold in your hand, that's what you're going to get.
14:22I don't know.
14:26Yeah.
14:27I know what you can do.
14:32So, I'm okay with 15%.
14:35Think we got a good deal?
14:37All right, Troy.
14:39Rick must pay Troy 5% more royalties than he used to.
14:44And owes him $350,000, no matter what kind of gold he finds.
14:51But, he finally has ground for the season.
14:54We got a spot to go mining.
14:56I didn't get the 20%, but I've got a minimum 100 ounces,
15:00and I'm going to be involved on a regular basis up there, so it's good.
15:04At the end of the day, is this the deal that I wanted to make? No.
15:06Of course, I wanted to be mining my own ground, but you know what?
15:09We've got the deal made to be able to mine on Lightning Creek,
15:12so it's time to get on some gold.
15:25100 miles away.
15:27Your timing is perfect, because I'm in the middle of going through hiring right now.
15:33And having people that have some experience up here is a huge benefit.
15:36Like, I have a spot for you 100%.
15:42All right, well.
15:45Welcome aboard.
15:45Thank you very much.
15:46Look forward to working with you.
15:48Yeah, no, it'll be good.
15:49When you get here, we'll take you on a tour and wash some rocks.
15:53Awesome.
15:54All right, thanks man.
15:54Have a great day.
15:55See you soon.
15:58Awesome.
16:00Hired.
16:02Parker Schnabel is at it again.
16:05Having already poached Kevin's foreman, Brennan Ruhle, he's now hiring Kevin's key operator and mechanic, Caden Foote.
16:14Caden's going to be a great addition to the place.
16:16When it comes to poaching people, everybody's trying to do it.
16:20So I just don't know, am I the worst offender or am I just the most successful at it?
16:26Right?
16:33And got the job.
16:35Feels great.
16:37In my eyes, he's the king of the Klondike.
16:40But the most nerve-wracking part is going to be when I tell Kevin and Faith I'm leaving.
16:45That's the one thing I'm dreading is that conversation.
17:07I want to talk to you in faith.
17:10Okay.
17:11Really quick because I do have to run.
17:19What's up?
17:21So I just, it's a sad, hard thing for me.
17:25I mean, it's, I'm just trying to do what I think is right.
17:30And so I got a job offer from Parker that I couldn't turn down.
17:45It's a thing.
17:46It really is.
17:48But I just, I have to move over.
18:00It was definitely a tense and stressful conversation.
18:04I'm feeling a little upset, but I'm also excited for my future.
18:15It's a bit of a shock.
18:16I did not really expect him to have a vamos between Brendan and Kate.
18:22And like, it's going to make the 2,000 ounce goal.
18:26A lot more work.
18:42Things are going all right.
18:44Gold prices are up a thousand bucks an ounce.
18:46Dominion has a lot of sluicing that needs to get done.
18:50It's just time to make hay while the sun shines.
18:53Gold mining mogul, Parker Schnabel, is gunning for a record breaking season.
18:58To cash in on the sky high gold price, he's chasing a massive 10,000 ounce, $35 million prize.
19:07You know, a big key to hitting our goal this year is going to be just getting plants running early
19:14as we can and keeping them running.
19:17People need to understand what the responsibilities and expectations are.
19:22And, you know, they need to be met.
19:27To hit his ambitious target, Parker's tasked his two lieutenants with sluicing more pater than ever before.
19:38At Sulfur Creek, Mitch Blaschke is stripping a two-acre cut, hunting pockets of gold left behind by old timers.
19:48You know, this cut is almost half a mile long.
19:51And it's just a lot on it.
19:52Everybody's played each day.
19:54But we're making good progress here at Sulfur.
19:59At Parker's main operation on Dominion, Tyson Lee is in charge of two enormous cuts.
20:08The 114-acre bridge cut, where wash plant Bob is already sluicing, and the new 52-acre Golden Mile, where
20:18drill results indicate the cut could hold up to $12 million in gold.
20:26We're going to run four plants this year.
20:28There's a lot of work to do to get to that point.
20:31Last week, Tyson got Bob fired up in the bridge cut.
20:34Now it's a matter of getting sluicing set up in Golden Mile.
20:38Alec and Liam have done a complete rebuild on the plant, so we'll see if we can resurrect her.
20:48Right now, I'm getting pulled in polar opposite directions with Bob and Sluicifer.
20:53Parker wants Sluicifer running by the end of the week.
20:56There's a lot going on, and not much time to do with it.
21:00To help Tyson get Sluicifer running, Parker's throwing him the newest recruit.
21:08Hello!
21:10Kevin Beat's former operator, Caden.
21:13How's it going?
21:14I'm good.
21:15So we've got to get Sluicifer's water recirculation system going.
21:19Okay.
21:19So we need to have these culverts in, road activated by the end of the day, so we can get
21:24Sluicifer in, have two wash plants running on Dominion, and keep Parker happy.
21:28Absolutely. Sounds like a plan. Thanks, Tyson.
21:32In the bridge cut, wash plant Bob has been running for a week, bringing in 126 ounces in gold.
21:41Now, one and a half miles north, Tyson must get the Golden Mile, producing two.
21:49First, Tyson needs Caden to dig up the only access road to the cut and install a set of culverts
21:57for sluice water to pass through.
21:59Once complete, Tyson will move Sluicifer from Parker's yard three miles to the Golden Mile cut and fire up the
22:09plant for the first time in two years.
22:25Today's my first day working for Parker.
22:27That's a pretty big responsibility that Tyson has given me.
22:32I just can't f*** up.
22:34I'm working in this really fine wet material that's just like quicksand.
22:40So you've just got to be very cautious or that will sink you.
22:45Just a little love tap. Get her level.
22:52Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle.
22:58Oh no.
23:00I think I'm sinking.
23:08Nope. She's in there.
23:12I can't get out of this.
23:16F***.
23:20Hey, Tyson. Got a copy? Tyson?
23:24Yeah, go ahead.
23:25Yeah, I f***ed up. I sunk the 480. I'm going to need your help with another hoe to get this
23:31thing out.
23:31It's buried in there like top of the track frames.
23:35I'll be there as soon as possible.
23:40Hopefully this excavator isn't very stuck.
23:43Because I got better s*** to be doing.
23:48Never sunk a hoe before.
24:01I'm sorry. It's the first hoe I've ever sunk.
24:06Let me just get in here for a sec and see what we can do.
24:17Without this road being reactivated, we can't get Slucifer up and running.
24:22So I've got to get this thing out.
24:27Sure did a number on that one.
24:29I hope this isn't what gets me fired.
24:36Right now we're just seeing if it can lift itself.
24:39Seems to be able to.
24:41It's a good sign.
24:54Looks like he got her.
24:58Everyone has first day nerves.
25:00But, you know, hopefully this is a lesson learned for Caden, you know?
25:06All good.
25:07Thank you so much.
25:08I'll get that culvert in.
25:10No worries, dude.
25:15Tyson's a really great guy.
25:16I'm happy that he got it out.
25:19But at the same time, I'm annoyed that he was able to do it and I couldn't.
25:25That definitely makes me feel like I always have more to learn.
25:29I'm about to throw our culvert in.
25:34Boom!
25:36Just like that, baby.
25:41Now, time to do a little bit of backfilling.
25:47Clean up the road.
25:49Good enough.
25:55Tyson can now move Slucifer into the Golden Mile and we'll soon find out how much his new cut will
26:03pay out.
26:04One step in the right direction.
26:05Let's take her home.
26:06Let's try and get some dirt going through her by the end of the week for Parker.
26:22We've got a deal on Lightning Creek.
26:24Troy drove a hard bargain.
26:26Is it a risk?
26:27Absolutely.
26:28But with the gold prices right now, now's the time to strike.
26:31Time is at the essence.
26:33In the mountains above Keno, Rick Ness is back in the game, having secured a lease on Lightning Creek.
26:41Now we just got to get the gold.
26:43Today we're going to start moving the gear down there.
26:44Get our excavators down there, our trucks, and hopefully by the end of the day we're breaking dirt at Lightning
26:48Creek and that's all that matters.
26:55Come on, Rick.
26:57What we got here?
26:58Who's that?
27:00Rick's best friend.
27:03Oh, Zee!
27:04Zee Zaremba and a new recruit have arrived.
27:08Good to see you, buddy.
27:12How you doing, Rick?
27:13Hey, I'm Guy.
27:14Guy.
27:14This is the one I was telling you about.
27:16To bolster Rick's skeleton crew, Zee has brought along new recruit, Kai Shallcross.
27:23Have you ever run a six-wheel drive off-road truck?
27:25No, I haven't.
27:28I think the biggest piece of equipment I've driven is probably like a mini excavator.
27:36Let's just start.
27:38Good kid?
27:40Yeah, good kid.
27:43I say let's get to Lightning Creek and get to mining.
27:46All right, I'm ready.
27:47Sick.
27:48All right.
27:48Let's go.
27:55Let's go!
27:56Copy that.
27:58To get on the gold, Rick needs to move his fleet of big iron from Duncan Creek, eight miles northwest,
28:07to his new leased 1,600-acre claim at Lightning Creek, where he hopes to pick up the trail of
28:14gold near its source at Mount Hinton.
28:29Finally going to be able to go move some dirt, eh?
28:31Yeah.
28:32We've got some gold in the box.
28:3318-hour bounces, boys.
28:39It's good to see Rick going gung-ho as always.
28:42I mean, every season, it seems like there's a new hurdle for him, but he overcomes it.
28:47Either he's really good at what he does, or luck, or a little bit of bulk.
28:57Four hours later.
29:01Hey, Rick, are we there yet?
29:04Yeah, we're here.
29:06Awesome.
29:11Well, we're at Lightning Creek.
29:14Let's talk about a plan here.
29:17So, we've got, yeah, a lot to figure out, but I don't think it's going to be that technically difficult.
29:22It's supposed to be 12 to 15 feet of pay, with five feet of overburden on top of it, but
29:27I think that we're up for it.
29:29I don't know what you guys think.
29:30Yeah, absolutely.
29:31You got a name picked out for this spot yet?
29:35Well, from above, it actually looks a bit like a diamond, so I was looking at the diamond cut.
29:38There's some stuff to figure out yet, I'm not going to lie, but this is the year to swing for
29:41the fences.
29:42So, I'd say, let's get down here and start slinging dirt.
29:46All right, sounds good.
29:53Rick's first targeting, a two-acre area, Troy began stripping last season.
30:01Everyone's been sitting around, and this is what they've been waiting for. Time to go.
30:06And he'll have to navigate Kino's notoriously spotty ground on a new plane.
30:13We don't have the best situation to deal with here.
30:16We've got a short season to kind of figure out where the gold is.
30:19We need to get over 100 ounces a week. Can we pull it from this valley?
30:23It could be spotty, and if we dig in the wrong spot, we may not find gold at all,
30:27and if we dig in the right spot, we might hit it.
30:29So, it's exciting and nauseating at the same time.
30:51It's a monumental day out here. We're going to get Slucifer set up on Dominion for the first time.
30:58It's about time we knock the rust off her and get her back to work.
31:01At Parker Schnabels...
31:03Want to jump in the loader and I'll eye you up?
31:05Tyson and his crew are ready to move wash plant Slucifer to the Golden Mile.
31:12This plant was the plant I learned on.
31:15And it's the plant that's going to make us a lot of money this year.
31:25Yo Alec! Is everyone clear?
31:29Yeah?
31:37Hey, you know, Slucifer is my baby girl and I'm dragging her home.
31:42Let's go. We've got some work to do, girl.
31:45You there?
31:49Tailing's conveyor...
31:51Yeah, Tyson, walk forwards.
31:53...and sluice runs mounted...
31:55There we go.
31:56All right, we're going to pull Slucifer up the hill.
32:01Tyson pulls the fully assembled 45-ton beast 100 feet onto the pad.
32:10I've just got to spin Slucifer into place.
32:16Come on! Let's go!
32:19You got about five feet now.
32:23That's pretty much there.
32:26Guys, we really killed it here.
32:28We got Slucifer up to the Golden Mile.
32:30Let's get her done.
32:32Definitely.
32:32Nice work.
32:42And stop there.
32:44Two years since she last washed rocks, Slucifer is ready to catch an estimated 3,500 ounces buried in the
32:53Golden Mile.
32:54This is the first time that Slucifer is fired up on Dominion, so that's cool.
33:00Some of that ground is looking really good.
33:02Let's hope it mines that way.
33:04Who wants to do the honors?
33:05You press the compare, you press the shaker.
33:08Ready?
33:11Let's go.
33:19Hey, Sandy, start feeding.
33:21Make this one count.
33:27Woo!
33:39Woo!
33:40This is a moment I never thought would happen.
33:42Slucifer's firing back up on Dominion.
33:45First time of the season.
33:50How's she running?
33:52Pretty darn smooth.
33:54Well, hopefully it stays that way.
33:55Good job with this setup, dude.
33:57Thanks, man.
33:59I gotta go.
34:00See you guys.
34:01Good job.
34:02You guys are killing it.
34:04Woo!
34:06Nice work, guys.
34:07Yay!
34:09Watch plant number two up and running.
34:11Two down, two to go.
34:13We got the two main ones running.
34:15That's what matters.
34:18Hopefully we find some gold.
34:30So I just arrived here at Slucifer.
34:33So we're doing the first cleanup since 2023.
34:36I heard there might be a lot of gold in the runs,
34:38but we're about to find out.
34:41Parker's trusted wash plant, Slucifer,
34:44has been running Golden Mile pay for 24 hours.
34:48Hey there, young man.
34:51Hey, Chris.
34:51How's it going?
34:52A lot of good memories right here.
34:54Yeah.
34:54When we had that 400-ouncer in here, that was awesome.
34:58That was so fun.
35:00I was talking to my dad yesterday.
35:02I was telling him everything that we've got going on,
35:04and he's like, hi, is Chris gonna be able to keep up
35:06in that gold room of his?
35:08And I'm like, I hope not.
35:09Yeah.
35:10No, I'm gonna fight you tooth and nail.
35:12I'm gonna push you guys hard.
35:23Hey guys.
35:24Hello.
35:26So how are you doing on the hill, Mike?
35:28I haven't thought I got a strip.
35:30So I've got a lot to do.
35:32How's it going out here?
35:34Pretty good.
35:35I hear you guys are having a little bit of trouble
35:37with the beavers.
35:38Well, yeah.
35:39Beaver cured, water cured, so it's good.
35:42Yeah.
35:43So what do you think?
35:44Should we weigh some gold?
35:45Sure, let's weigh it out.
35:46Cool.
35:48Despite the beavers shutting down their only working wash plant
35:52for half a day, Tony expects the Indian River's early bird cut
35:57to deliver around 250 ounces.
36:015, 10, 15, 20, 30, 50, 80, 120, 150, 180, 190, 200.
36:19214.6.
36:21It's below target, but still worth almost three quarters of a million dollars
36:27and brings the beets total to 632 ounces, nearly a tenth of Tony's season goal.
36:36That's not bad.
36:37No, doing pretty good.
36:38Keep it up.
36:39I kind of like it.
36:40Don't come back with anything less.
36:43Not bad holidays early in the season, right?
36:45Not bad at all.
36:46And at this price.
36:47I mean, what does it take to make a million bucks?
36:50Nothing.
36:51Okay, you guys all should go back to work.
36:53See you.
36:54See you later.
37:05At Scribner, Kevin Beetz has visitors for his second gold way of the season.
37:11Hi, family.
37:12Hi.
37:15How's your season going so far, guys?
37:17Long.
37:18Tired.
37:19Having lost two key crew members in two weeks, Kevin's about to find out if it's damaged his
37:27chances of hitting his 2,000-ounce target.
37:30Well, we drove by and you guys are Susan.
37:33Yeah.
37:33Unfortunately, we lost Caden.
37:35Yeah.
37:35Really?
37:36Yeah.
37:36That kind of sucks.
37:37I thought he was quite happy here.
37:38Mm-hmm.
37:39Some things didn't quite work out, so he moved over to Parker's.
37:42You know how I look at that, right?
37:44There's always other people.
37:45Nobody cares.
37:46Get the next one.
37:47Right?
37:48Such a caring man.
37:50Well, I thought so.
37:52At least on the bright side, we have some gold.
37:56Two way up.
37:57Let's weigh it up.
37:58Let's find out.
37:59Kevin spent a week sluicing wet pay from his stockpiled piggy bank.
38:04To stay on target, he needs 88 ounces a week.
38:121, 5, 10, 24.
38:1734.
38:1834.
38:1944.
38:2046.
38:2148.
38:2246.
38:25Worth $170,000.
38:27Just over 100 ounces for the season so far.
38:29I mean, obviously, we'd like to see some bigger numbers, so we'll do what we can.
38:33Plenty of time left to make up.
38:34Yeah.
38:35So, yes, hurry.
38:37Anyways, we should all get back to work.
38:38You sound like my wife for sake.
38:40She does that all the time, too.
38:41You know what, Faith?
38:42It works really well.
38:43Bye, guys.
38:45See you.
38:45Later.
38:46That was lovely to see everyone.
38:48That was great.
38:49He needs to have a bit more on the scale next time, but it'll come with time.
38:53We'll get there.
39:04Oh, yeah.
39:05Whoa.
39:08Are you going to behave?
39:10Looks like he's in a behaving mood.
39:13What's up, buddy?
39:14After getting Slucifer up and running, Parker's hoping for a big uptick in gold.
39:21You had quite a week, it sounds like.
39:22Yeah.
39:23Yeah, well, you hired on Caden.
39:26Yeah.
39:27One of Kevin's old employees, right?
39:29Yeah.
39:32So, is Kevin even going to have a crew left by the time we're done here?
39:36I worked with him last year.
39:38He's a good kid.
39:38Like, he's a hard worker.
39:41So, we got two plants going.
39:42You want to see how we're doing?
39:43Yeah.
39:44You want to read this one out?
39:45Here we go.
39:46This one's Bob.
39:46Last week, Bob delivered 126 ounces.
39:51Parker's hoping it's picked up the pace.
39:56We've got 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 150, 161.8.
40:10You're not really racing out of the starting gate.
40:14But it puts us in a lot better shape than where we were last year.
40:18I got sluice.
40:20Finally got sluice up and running.
40:21Yeah, first time on Dominion.
40:23Let's see how it did.
40:24Running the golden mile for three days.
40:27This is Parker's first chance to see how the new cut will pay out.
40:33So, there's definitely some rich ground over there.
40:35I'm excited for that.
40:37Here we go.
40:3810, 20, 50, 70, 100, 110, 112.1.
40:49Nice.
40:50Not bad.
40:51Not bad at all.
40:52For the week, we got 273.9 ounces.
40:56Worth just under a million dollars.
41:00For the season, it's 399.7.
41:05Still a long ways to go.
41:06And you guys will have a third one fired up this week probably, huh?
41:09Uh, maybe two weeks.
41:12We better get on and find some more gold, Tyson.
41:14Get us rolling.
41:15Yeah, you guys better start pulling your weight around here.
41:19You know, it's great to have two wash plants running on Dominion,
41:22but we really need a third.
41:23Then we can really start getting some good numbers coming in.
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