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Gold Rush - Season 16 Episode 23 -
Klondike Shoot-Out
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Klondike Shoot-Out
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00:00:15I
00:00:17Hi
00:00:24So hmm fists or knives
00:00:39So what's new that's the end of the season it seems like a long year, but it's a short season
00:00:44up there
00:00:45But what an awesome year to be mining what a time to be a life. I mean mighty prices are
00:00:51good. I don't know where it's at today
00:00:54What four thousand it's not even normal
00:01:00You're finding some gold. Yeah, that's good
00:01:04Yeah, well, how much have you got?
00:01:08Me
00:01:10Well, I'm the oldest I should go lost
00:01:14We just hit ten
00:01:17Okay, well so did we ten to
00:01:22Nice
00:01:26Can't have you finding more than us? Oh
00:01:30Really that's a lot of gold that's a lot of gold
00:01:34That's a
00:01:37Where you're at was your total ah
00:01:39Super 1800 and we're we're about 400 hours of short right now. Yeah
00:01:44Well, yeah, I could get a fair buck operation like yours if you could sell
00:01:54Um
00:01:55Well, I mean as of right now, I definitely want to see how this season ends, but I'm considering it
00:02:01Let's give us a call
00:02:03Tony trying to buy you out
00:02:05No offer, yeah
00:02:09Uh
00:02:11He came and visited me
00:02:12Oh
00:02:13Oh
00:02:14Oh
00:02:14Good wow
00:02:17Let's see the difference between tony and I is tony really likes to do good deals and I love doing
00:02:21bad deals
00:02:21So if you are ever serious about selling give me a call
00:02:25Not to try to invade your guys's deal, but ground is hard to find and it's worth a huge premium
00:02:30right now. Everybody's looking
00:02:33There's a lot of people that say oh well, you know the nice thing about this business is it's not
00:02:36competitive
00:02:38The three of us know it is
00:02:40Yes, sir
00:02:45Anyway
00:02:47Gentlemen have a nice day all right jordy
00:02:51That's good to see you man. Absolutely. Have a good fall. Yeah, you do enjoy your winter if I don't
00:02:55see you again. Oh, yeah, you too
00:03:01I figured tony was having a good year, but I didn't think it was going to be that good
00:03:07He's a bit ahead of me
00:03:09but
00:03:12We'll see what happens
00:03:15Those guys are killing it on the gold you know and the offers it's it's good to know there's options
00:03:21there. I I I don't know what to do
00:03:23I
00:03:24You know it's going to come down to my total what if I hit my goal this year
00:03:28Man, I want to go in on my own terms. I feel like just selling out is not the way
00:03:33I want to go, but
00:03:34You never know you know money talks and results speak for themselves
00:03:38I
00:04:10We've had a hell of a season gold wise
00:04:14We've hit our goal
00:04:16The big priority now is just getting every last ounce we can while prices are like this
00:04:21Yeah, it's pretty cool
00:04:2531 year old mining mogul parker schnabel is running through the finish line
00:04:32Gold prices are at an absolute all-time high
00:04:36They have four thousand dollars an ounce today
00:04:39Which is very very cool
00:04:43It's a good time to be gold miner and have a lot of wash plants running. We've got four wash
00:04:47plants running
00:04:49Parker is already breaking records this season with over 40 million dollars in gold banked
00:04:58But he's determined to catch former mentor tony beats who is leading by 120 ounces
00:05:08Bit of a bummer that tony is a bit ahead of me
00:05:11We've been on top for a long time
00:05:14It's getting cold and who knows how much longer we've got frost will probably cut us off from being able
00:05:19to keep plants running
00:05:21But we're gonna finish strong
00:05:23We'll give her one last good push right now and see what we come up with
00:05:30Hey guys, how's it going?
00:05:32Thanks for um coming to join me
00:05:35No worries what's going on?
00:05:38I just wanted to give you guys a little update on what needs to get done
00:05:44What up where where have you been I call a meeting and you're late
00:05:53I'm just kidding
00:05:59For the final push parker's depending on his top lieutenants mitch blasky tyson lee and brennan rule
00:06:08Thank you for getting us to the end here
00:06:12Hit our 10 000 right yeah like sick
00:06:15Yeah
00:06:17Pretty wild no doubt
00:06:19Yeah
00:06:20What's the plan now?
00:06:22I want to just make sure that we finish strong here like despite you know we hit the goal but
00:06:27um
00:06:28Tony this spring told me that his goal was like six or seven thousand and he's over ten thousand
00:06:33Oh
00:06:34And you know me well enough to know how much I hate losing
00:06:39So I think you really have to turn your feet race up and all that jazz
00:06:44That's mandatory
00:06:47At dominion, I mean we need to get those pay piles hammered out
00:06:51Yeah, they're still pretty big
00:06:54Mitch keep roxanne running and that stripping project is the main priority
00:07:00And brennan just whatever these guys need
00:07:03Yeah
00:07:04There's not a lot of tolerance for screw-ups or delays
00:07:10If there's ever a time to push extra late now is the time
00:07:14It would just go until either the weather shuts us down or every plant's out of pay one of the
00:07:19two
00:07:22Let's go do some sleuths. Yeah, perfect. Yeah, let's get her done. Thank you guys. Thank you
00:07:31At parker's flagship dominion claim
00:07:34Tyson must sleuth the last of the golden miles stockpiled pay
00:07:40through wash plants big red and golden goose
00:07:45And with bob in the bridge cut mine as much of the remaining 30 acres as possible
00:07:52Ten miles south at parker's least ground kennan stewart's
00:07:58Mitch must run the pay from the last two acres of pit two with wash plant roxanne
00:08:06And remove the final four acres of worthless overburden from a new cut for next season
00:08:15All before winter freezes them out
00:08:26Right now we're at 26 on our
00:08:29Adjuster here all of a sudden you put that at 40
00:08:34Look at how fast that dirt's coming off that belt
00:08:39I've got the yardage cranked as fast as roxanne can run trying to get it done as fast as possible
00:08:44There's so much to do here to finish off the sleuthing we have to do
00:08:49Plus get all that mud removed for next season
00:08:54I don't know if this is even remotely close to possible, but i'm gonna try
00:09:02This year my workload has pretty much tripled it's been a struggle at times
00:09:08Right now at golden goose we've increased the feed rate to 250 yards an hour
00:09:13Which only puts more pressure on us?
00:09:17The weather's gonna really start freezing on us any day now
00:09:19And I know everyone wants to go home, but you can't go home until this pile is complete
00:09:26So we're gonna be sluicing to the bitter end
00:09:54Alright, are you ready?
00:09:56I'm always ready.
00:09:57I'm always ready.
00:09:58Good, good.
00:09:58You're going to move this land?
00:10:00Yeah.
00:10:00Get her the out of here.
00:10:02We have, what, a week left in the season.
00:10:04We'll be looking.
00:10:04Yeah.
00:10:05And we're going to need that down there to beat Parker.
00:10:07OK, let's go.
00:10:09OK, man.
00:10:09Bingo.
00:10:10Let's get the show on the road.
00:10:13Johnny, shut her down, Dylan.
00:10:25Everybody wants to go home, but you know what?
00:10:29It sucks to be there.
00:10:31A drop is a drop, and finish is finished.
00:10:33We're not finished by a long shot.
00:10:35The gold prize is absolutely just awesome.
00:10:39I mean, they're this kind of a chance of a life, Simon.
00:10:46Tony Beat's gold fever is relentless.
00:10:51After blasting past his seasoned target,
00:10:54he now has a new goal locked in his sights.
00:10:58Secure his crown as king of the Klondike.
00:11:05Parker, he seems to be right down my heels.
00:11:08So we'll just see on the end of the day
00:11:10who lands up on top this time.
00:11:15We made one more move for the season.
00:11:18Most lose a lot.
00:11:19Put it back into the early bird cut.
00:11:23If I'm going to go beat Parker,
00:11:25we will be sluicing away at four boxes 24 hours a day.
00:11:31To stay ahead of Parker,
00:11:34Tony is matching his former protege's
00:11:37four-plant final push.
00:11:40At his Paradise Hill operation,
00:11:43Tony has tasked son Mike with finishing stockpiles
00:11:47at his trommel and Harold wash plants.
00:11:52Forty miles south at Indian River,
00:11:55his twin shaker decks,
00:11:57sluice-a-lot and find-a-lot,
00:11:59are in the 46-acre corner cut.
00:12:04But after two months of non-stop running,
00:12:07the mammoth cut only has enough pay left to run one plant.
00:12:13To keep both sluicing,
00:12:15Tony needs to move sluice-a-lot upstream,
00:12:18back to where he started the season,
00:12:21at a new three-acre extension of his early bird cut.
00:12:30Everything is hooked up, everything is ready.
00:12:32And off we go.
00:12:50So far so good.
00:12:52Plant is following good.
00:12:54A couple of corners,
00:12:56a couple of hills.
00:12:58Nothing we haven't done before,
00:13:00but we still got to get on it and make it work.
00:13:05Nice to keep this up.
00:13:07We'll be putting some rocks in there tonight.
00:13:09This will be good.
00:13:11The guys being the cut.
00:13:13They'd rather be ready.
00:13:17Stakes are extra high,
00:13:18with the price of gold at the moment.
00:13:20At the new early bird extension,
00:13:23Tony's crew run full throttle
00:13:26to get the cut ready before sluice-a-lot arrives.
00:13:31There is a bit of a race this season between Tony and Parker
00:13:34to see who can get the most gold.
00:13:39Obviously, I'm rooting for the king of the Klondike.
00:13:41I'm team Tony all the way.
00:13:43I mean, of course.
00:13:46I wouldn't say that Tony's going to keep that title this year.
00:13:49I'd say Parker's going to win that one.
00:13:52He's going to have it in the bag.
00:13:54Up here where we're dumping, it's super soft and we're almost getting stuck.
00:14:00But we got to get it done.
00:14:01We got to get sluicing.
00:14:03They're moving sluice-a-lot.
00:14:16We got to get the truck over there.
00:14:20We got to get the truck over there.
00:14:23I'll go have a look.
00:14:26Who the was that smart?
00:14:29Yeah, I hear you.
00:14:30Who was driving that truck?
00:14:34I was.
00:14:36Tony's going to be passed.
00:14:48you people are stupid.
00:14:51Rock truck driver Scott Easley
00:14:54has flipped his box
00:14:55at Tony's early bird cut extension.
00:14:58The bank gave way
00:15:00and then the thing just slowly went.
00:15:03I tried to put it in the drive and get going
00:15:06and it's too late.
00:15:10Sluicealot is less than a mile away
00:15:12and coming in fast.
00:15:16Final stress here.
00:15:18So I get there on the radio,
00:15:19another rock truck clip.
00:15:21So Tony's there giving a hand.
00:15:24We can't afford any more downtime.
00:15:27Winter is coming.
00:15:28And we want to get to that goal
00:15:30as soon as possible.
00:15:34Get over there Dalton.
00:15:40I'll whip the over.
00:15:42You'll take the hole over?
00:15:43I'll flip the truck over.
00:15:45OK, copy, Tony.
00:15:55If these people pay attention,
00:15:57you wouldn't have this .
00:15:58Just when you think you've seen it all.
00:16:01OK, let's grab the thing.
00:16:04Flip it over.
00:16:15Yeah, there you go.
00:16:22Yeah, there you go.
00:16:29I'll pay attention.
00:16:34Thank God I ain't fired.
00:16:36When Tony ran up, I thought I was a dead man.
00:16:41Oh, .
00:16:42It's loose a lot in here.
00:16:44Get the out of the way.
00:16:45Get that other rock truck bed out of the way.
00:16:47All right, guys.
00:16:49Mike D, copy.
00:16:51All trucks are gone.
00:16:52You should be good.
00:16:55Climb up this last little hill.
00:16:58We're on the path.
00:16:59I just got to make sure to get as close
00:17:02to the end as possible.
00:17:24Perfect.
00:17:25There we go.
00:17:26Tony gave me the sign that it's good.
00:17:32Now we get two, three guys coming in.
00:17:33drag that hose over, get the excavator over there,
00:17:37hook up the hose, drive the gen set beside it, bingo.
00:17:41Done.
00:17:47I'll fire the plant up, and we'll be back this losing.
00:17:56All right, we've got the thumbs up.
00:17:59Off we go.
00:18:01Tony is back to four plants running
00:18:04in his push for mining supremacy.
00:18:08I think it'd be hard for Parker to compete.
00:18:11I think everyone who works here
00:18:12has seen how much we've moved this season,
00:18:14and we have no doubt Tony is the king of the Klondike.
00:18:21I got to remember to give Parker a present.
00:18:25I'm number one, buddy.
00:18:43There's quite a bit of pressure right now.
00:18:46The plants ran out of pay.
00:18:49Still no burden.
00:18:51We're trying to get into pay as quick as we can.
00:18:54This is one of the worst spots I've ever been in.
00:18:57You've got to get back on that goal.
00:18:58You've got to do it quick.
00:18:59I know the guys are nervous.
00:19:01I'm nervous.
00:19:03Winter will soon freeze all the miners out,
00:19:06but unlike others, Rick Ness' future is on a knife's edge.
00:19:12It's been a tough year.
00:19:13There's no doubt about it.
00:19:14These guys have fought through a lot of s**t
00:19:17that we shouldn't have to fight through.
00:19:20We're 420 ounces shy of our goal yet,
00:19:22and that's a lot.
00:19:23That's a lot of ounces to get,
00:19:25and we don't have a whole lot of time to do it.
00:19:27In a chaotic season of uncertainty and major missteps,
00:19:32Rick gambled a million dollars mining a massive new cut,
00:19:38only to get no gold.
00:19:40That was a big debacle,
00:19:42a huge waste of money and time.
00:19:44People are hoping that I'm panicking.
00:19:46The vultures are circling right now,
00:19:47but I'm not panicking yet.
00:19:49Buyout offers from big shots Tony and Parker have come in.
00:19:55I've been offered a seven-figure amount for this,
00:19:58and it's a lot, but it's tough to ignore.
00:20:02Maybe it's time to go.
00:20:05But if we hit our goal or get past it,
00:20:07and then the profits can continue to get better,
00:20:10why would I leave?
00:20:13Now, as Rick's crew fight to dig out the final 10 feet
00:20:17to hit pay in the last-chance cut,
00:20:21he's got a risky Hail Mary plan to get more gold fast.
00:20:27It's going to be a fight,
00:20:28but with these guys all in on it,
00:20:30I know we can get him.
00:20:36What's going on, guys?
00:20:37What's up?
00:20:40I just want to thank you guys.
00:20:41You guys have been doing a hell of a job.
00:20:44That being said, I know you're all tired from it
00:20:46and giving it all you've got,
00:20:47but we're still way off from our target,
00:20:49and that would be devastating if we're short.
00:20:54The goal would be in that dirt for sure,
00:20:56but I think it's going to come right down to the bitter end.
00:21:00We're running out of time, so...
00:21:01Well, I think we need to give a little more,
00:21:03and I think we need to get back to Lightning Creek.
00:21:06One last push down there.
00:21:11Yeah, that gold wasn't that good to begin with.
00:21:14Yeah, but it was picking up at the end.
00:21:15What if we do another clean-out here and we're short?
00:21:19If we pull another 50 ounces from there,
00:21:21I mean, that's big.
00:21:23I mean, you guys got to stay, get Monster Red running,
00:21:25that's the priority, but we need everything we can get.
00:21:30The way it's set up down there, you know,
00:21:31we get going right away.
00:21:33Yeah.
00:21:34We're almost at the end,
00:21:35and let's just push a little harder,
00:21:36we're going to be there, right?
00:21:37Yep.
00:21:38Yep.
00:21:38All right.
00:21:42Early in the season,
00:21:44Rick bought new ground at Lightning Creek.
00:21:47Let's do it.
00:21:48All right.
00:21:51After a shaky start, the gold improved.
00:21:5550.4.
00:21:56Yeah, that's way better than the last time.
00:21:57I got some news.
00:21:59Then, a six-month license extension
00:22:02to mine Duncan Creek came in.
00:22:04We got a water license.
00:22:05Yeah.
00:22:06Yeah.
00:22:08Rick abandoned Lightning Creek.
00:22:10Shut down Lightning Creek.
00:22:11We're moving back to Vegas Valley.
00:22:13Sounds good to me, man.
00:22:17Now, he wants to squeeze another 50 ounces
00:22:21from Lightning Creek to help get him over the line.
00:22:27I hope this move's going to be worth it in Lightning,
00:22:30but, you know, we won't know until we start running some dirt.
00:22:33If we do reach that 1,800, my mind's going to be blown,
00:22:36because with all the struggles we've had this year.
00:22:40Since I've joined Rick, it's always been a push.
00:22:42It's always been a gamble.
00:22:44And in Rick fashion, we are swinging for the fence again
00:22:48at the end of the year.
00:22:51While the stripping crew battle on in the last chance cut,
00:22:55Rick and Kai head eight miles north to Lightning Creek
00:23:00to sluice a leftover pay pile with wash plant Rocky.
00:23:05Everything should be good to go.
00:23:07We got enough pay up there right now to start up the plant.
00:23:11All right.
00:23:12This hokey old thing.
00:23:14All right, let me give this thing a shot here.
00:23:17Come on, you old girl.
00:23:34Here we go.
00:23:35Let's go.
00:23:40We got water, we got power,
00:23:41the shaker deck's moving,
00:23:42so time to throw some dirt at it and get some gold.
00:23:48All right.
00:23:52There we go.
00:23:58Oh, hell yeah.
00:23:59Rocky sluicing.
00:24:01Rick is one step closer to pulling off his double plant plan
00:24:06and banking the 420 ounces he needs.
00:24:12Everything looks good.
00:24:26No way.
00:24:28Oh .
00:24:30You got to be kidding me.
00:24:33What happened?
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00:24:50Well, look at this.
00:24:51It's still smoking.
00:25:04Well, I don't know.
00:25:06At Lightning Creek, the feed pump for Rick Ness' wash plant Rocky has failed.
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00:25:18That's the belt that drives the cooling system.
00:25:19That's why the thing's smoking, because it's overheating.
00:25:22This tension should not be that loose.
00:25:24That's what holds tension on the belt, right?
00:25:25So when it's loose, it just hops, hops, hops, and that belt just rips.
00:25:29And then it stopped cooling, so then it overheated.
00:25:32This thing has just shot to hell.
00:25:34It's just tossed.
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00:25:37Rick's desperate push to get two plants running is over before it even started.
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00:25:49worth getting out of bed for him now his only hope for 420 ounces lies in the last chance cut
00:25:56and getting monster red sluicing well that's pretty sad showing the last chance cut that's
00:26:05what we have to do the goal will be there it's just whether or not we can get at it
00:26:08well hopefully it's enough
00:26:26it's getting cold and people are wore out it's been a long season for everybody
00:26:32the overarching theme for me is doing everything we can to find as much gold as we can
00:26:40100 miles west with four wash plants going full tilt
00:26:45parker is within striking distance of tony's gold haul
00:26:52it puts a huge amount of pressure on keeping wash plants running it's just
00:26:57consumes my thoughts now in the golden mile golden goose and big red power through the pay piles at a
00:27:08combined season max of 500 yards an hour doing pretty good down here at big red
00:27:14red do my best to get through as much as i can
00:27:38what the going on up here
00:27:44oh yeah my shaker deck shut off
00:27:57oh
00:27:57oh
00:27:58oh you
00:28:00oh i'm out of breath
00:28:03the shaker deck stopped
00:28:12oh
00:28:18oh
00:28:20oh
00:28:30the calvary's arrived
00:28:38we replaced the motor a couple months ago so that should still be good
00:28:44oh
00:28:45holy when's the last time this was open
00:28:49i think the feed conveyors the shaker now because that's the motor wires there
00:28:53oh what i'm imagining the shaker contactor malfunctioned or broke and that's why we're running this backup
00:29:00feed conveyor one
00:29:01it's been hours
00:29:02now this guy has probably failed
00:29:08what's going on guys
00:29:10we're not able to get the shaker motor going
00:29:12seriously
00:29:13yeah something in our contact brick here is
00:29:17malfunctioning
00:29:18it's not letting power go from here to here
00:29:23can't sluice without it
00:29:25well
00:29:26do you guys think we have one
00:29:28no
00:29:29we don't have any replacement parts or any contactors that look like this in stock
00:29:34for sakes man
00:29:36i'll go and find parker
00:29:41we can't go home until the golden mile is sluice
00:29:44without big red i don't think it's going to happen
00:29:47parker's not going to be happy
00:29:53how's it going
00:29:54what's going on
00:29:56big red's contactor essentially the starter for the shaker deck just the bed
00:30:04there's no real solution for it
00:30:09we don't have one huh
00:30:11no
00:30:14and with the weather the way it is
00:30:15if we lose the night we're screwed
00:30:19i'll get one as quick as we can
00:30:21um
00:30:22i'm going to have to hunt down jack
00:30:24so i'll um
00:30:25i'll get him in the air
00:30:26okay
00:30:27and we'll have one by the end of the day
00:30:30maybe
00:30:30if it doesn't look like we can get one tonight then
00:30:34frost fighters on the sluice runs
00:30:36good
00:30:37it's a nightmare
00:30:38um
00:30:39all right
00:30:40sounds good
00:30:40thanks
00:30:48to whitehorse it's a seven eight hour drive each way
00:30:53jack's an hour and a half to whitehorse and an hour and a half back
00:30:56so the plane is paying for itself on runs like this
00:31:00parker owns a cessna 172 and employs a pilot full time
00:31:06jack fills his time when he's not flying with um running an excavator and he's right here
00:31:23big red's down for some electrical part they have one in whitehorse can you fly down and grab it
00:31:28yeah
00:31:28okay perfect time is of the essence can you spin up there now
00:31:31sure
00:31:32sure
00:31:32perfect
00:31:33we'll try to get down to whitehorse grab that part and get back up as fast as i can
00:31:47we'll get it slammed in and get the plant back up and running
00:31:50if we don't get it back here tonight we're in trouble
00:32:05is that enough
00:32:07yeah
00:32:09we got to run a little bit of water the gold might shift a bit
00:32:12but we can't let big red freeze right now
00:32:17parker schnabel's wash plant big red is down with an electrical failure
00:32:23if it doesn't fire up before nightfall it will freeze
00:32:28this is about the worst time big red could have bet on us
00:32:32hopefully jack can get us to park here in no time
00:32:35parker's crew are praying for a replacement part to be flown in from whitehorse
00:32:41300 miles away
00:32:44guess we play the waiting game now
00:32:46is that an airplane right here
00:32:55i think so
00:32:55is that jack
00:32:58yeah jack
00:32:59yeah
00:33:00there we go
00:33:18you got the goods
00:33:19got the goods
00:33:21hopefully that's the right one
00:33:23sick
00:33:24thank you jack
00:33:24i'll see you later
00:33:26you're a lifesaver
00:33:27thank you
00:33:38oh man
00:33:39whoo
00:33:40he's got it
00:33:40our savior
00:33:42that's awesome
00:33:43wicked
00:33:43thank you so much
00:33:44no worries
00:33:46let me know when you get it back up and running
00:33:48yeah buddy
00:33:48definitely
00:33:48alright thanks guys
00:33:49let's get this new guy hung and see if we can get this plant shaken again
00:33:53perfect
00:33:54this is so crusty
00:33:55oh
00:33:56don't break anything
00:34:01okay
00:34:02that's our new part installed
00:34:04sweet
00:34:05yeah let's do it
00:34:10moment of truth here see what happens
00:34:27nice work fellas beautiful sight isn't it
00:34:32thank god
00:34:35parker was able to pull it off we got big red back up and running so all we have to
00:34:40do is finish off the last bit of the
00:34:42okay
00:34:42and go home
00:34:57and if everything does go belly up i can actually hear tony sucks to be you
00:35:07so i think deep down even though they don't say it they'd be pretty heartbroken that i wasn't able to
00:35:12make it happen
00:35:15while dad tony battles for mining supremacy eldest son kevin beats is in deep trouble
00:35:27what separates me from tony is just more planning and foresight less smashy smashy
00:35:37but
00:35:37but
00:35:37tony did pull out ten thousand ounces this year so he's doing something right
00:35:43unlike his swashbuckling old man
00:35:46all season the sophomore mind boss has been sluicing slow and steady to protect his equipment and only wash plant
00:35:55but low risk has delivered low rewards leaving kevin nearly eight hundred ounces short of his two thousand ounce gold
00:36:06that's a big number for us because we need that to come back next year
00:36:10that covers all our costs that gets us enough to get started next year and if we don't have that
00:36:15we're running on fumes
00:36:21so we're gonna fight and we're gonna make it happen
00:36:34look at it flying in there
00:36:37kevin's hail mary plan turn up his wash plant speed for the first time this season
00:36:44from 100 to 150 yards per hour
00:36:48in the hope he can get through his sphinx cut pay pile before winter freezes him out
00:36:55hopefully that'll put us on the fast track to two thousand ounces
00:37:00we got it turned up
00:37:02so we're just slamming the pay in there
00:37:05chelsea march keeps pace with the turned up plant
00:37:09we've got a pretty big pay pile to get through
00:37:12i don't know if we're gonna have enough time to run all this pay through before the end of the
00:37:16season honestly
00:37:17it's so
00:37:19um yeah we just have to sluice as much as we possibly can
00:37:23and run through this pay
00:37:33looks like we've lost water to the plant
00:37:36hey tyler
00:37:37there's no water at the plant i'm gonna shut it down
00:37:40okay, 10-4
00:37:47what's up
00:37:47okay
00:37:48we're gonna break it up
00:37:53yeah
00:37:53now the pump's smoking
00:37:54the pump's smoking
00:37:56holy
00:37:59coffee kevin
00:38:01yeah you gotta get down here the pump's on fire
00:38:03the pump is on fire
00:38:05and there's a lot of smoke coming out of there right now
00:38:25Oh, oh, I shouldn't have touched that.
00:38:28Ah, ah.
00:38:29What the f**k?
00:38:34Don't touch that either.
00:38:35That's also hot.
00:38:36Okay.
00:38:40Well, I saw our f**king return fuel lines, and it looks like the f**king injectors, too.
00:38:48Kevin's last-ditch plant has backfired.
00:38:52When he turned up the plant, he increased his pump's water pressure to deal with the extra dirt.
00:38:59The added workload has blown the pump's fuel lines and injectors.
00:39:03This kind of puts us dead in the water until we can fix it, find a replacement or something.
00:39:10You know, so close to the end.
00:39:14Can't f**king stop now, though.
00:39:16So, I will go bug Faith and see if she can do the magic that she do.
00:39:21Because, yeah, if not, well, that's it.
00:39:23We're f**king done.
00:39:40Hey, Faith.
00:39:42Hey.
00:39:45How's it going?
00:39:47Uh, the pump has basically gone come f**king bluey.
00:39:51Uh.
00:39:51Oh, f**k.
00:39:52Okay.
00:39:54Um.
00:39:55And you, I'm guessing you can't fix it.
00:39:59I know the last time we tried to get similar f**king parts, there was at least a two-week f**king
00:40:03adventure, so.
00:40:05And with the time we have left, I don't think that's going to work.
00:40:08Or we could try.
00:40:10Asking Tony, see what he says.
00:40:14Yeah.
00:40:15Don't really like to go back to the old man.
00:40:18I'd rather we fail on our own than just keep getting help.
00:40:24It is close to the end of season.
00:40:27Chances are someone's selling him a pump.
00:40:30Yeah.
00:40:30Yeah.
00:40:31I'll reach out to a couple of miners that I know around the area.
00:40:36Yeah.
00:40:37Well, I'll go, yeah, redirect the troops if you want to get on that and f**k.
00:40:42Okay.
00:40:43Best of luck, man.
00:40:44You as well.
00:40:48Oh, f**king sucks.
00:40:54I really hope she can pull something out of the f**king ether.
00:40:58If I don't get the pump, I don't know if we're going to be able to come back.
00:41:01I'm a bit worried.
00:41:03This is Kevin's dream.
00:41:05This is our dream to run the business ourselves.
00:41:10Hopefully we get to keep on with this dream.
00:41:20So.
00:41:20I got my fingers crossed.
00:41:23At Scribner Creek, Kevin's fight for survival relies on partner Faith finding a new pump for his wash plant.
00:41:33Got good news?
00:41:35The neighbor is shutting down.
00:41:36Yes.
00:41:37We have a pump right there.
00:41:39That's very nice.
00:41:40Yes.
00:41:41I assume we're first in line?
00:41:42Yes.
00:41:43Well, at least we have to run right now to go get it.
00:41:45What?
00:41:46F**king hell.
00:41:47All right.
00:41:47Okay.
00:41:48I'm guessing you're going to go deal with the money part?
00:41:50Yes.
00:41:51I should go grab it?
00:41:52Yes.
00:41:53All right.
00:41:53Sounds good.
00:41:53Let's do that.
00:41:59New pump on site.
00:42:01Kevin tasks Buzz Legault.
00:42:04Kevin, let's hook that first.
00:42:05With lifting the old one out and new one into position.
00:42:12You know, everybody's been busting their asses off around here this season, trying to make
00:42:18things happen so you can hit that season goal.
00:42:22And then this big hit and pump goes.
00:42:25This is quite a heart wrench.
00:42:28Hopefully everything works out.
00:42:31All right.
00:42:32Let's fire it up.
00:42:41I can see it from here.
00:42:42We got water.
00:42:44Means pump is working.
00:42:46She's flowing all the way over there.
00:42:49Listen to how nice that sounds.
00:42:53Very nice.
00:42:55Back to getting some gold.
00:42:57Yeah.
00:42:59Oh, beauty.
00:43:17Hello, hello.
00:43:19It's running again.
00:43:20Yay!
00:43:23Oh, my God.
00:43:24And with the pay file, we can at least get through it now.
00:43:27You saved the day, Faith.
00:43:29Mm-hmm.
00:43:31Faith, if you're good finding that bump is running lovely, we can finally get through our
00:43:35pay mountain.
00:43:36Plant's all turned up.
00:43:37I think it's a good day.
00:43:40I think it's a good day.
00:44:07Oh, time.
00:44:08Oh, time.
00:44:11In the last chance cut, the Ness crew have finally hit pay and now must sluice nonstop to have
00:44:19any hope of reaching their 1,800-ounce gold.
00:44:25We're way too close to the end of the season to be sitting at 400 and some ounces shy of
00:44:30our gold.
00:44:31It's going to come down right to the last date.
00:44:33Just go right on top.
00:44:36The crew hustled to build a stockpile in time to fire up for night shift.
00:44:42There it is.
00:44:44There's some good-sized boulders, which is a good sign.
00:44:48There's normally good gold.
00:44:51I just hope that there's going to be enough gold in it to reach our goal.
00:44:58This rock looks good.
00:44:59It does, actually.
00:45:03The weather's moving in, so it's going to be pretty important once this plant fires up
00:45:06that we don't stop running this plant.
00:45:16It's chilly.
00:45:17Yes.
00:45:18Six hours after hitting pay, as the temperatures drop to 28 degrees, there's finally enough
00:45:26stockpiled pay to fire up.
00:45:29She's frosty.
00:45:32Yeah, the carpets are hard.
00:45:34I ain't going to thaw until we get fired up.
00:45:36Nope.
00:45:42Boy, she sounds cold.
00:45:48It's time.
00:45:50Rick better get his night shift ready.
00:45:53That ain't shutting off.
00:46:00You ready for this, buddy?
00:46:02Yeah.
00:46:05Everything's fueled.
00:46:06Everything's topped off.
00:46:06So I think you guys are ready to rock and roll, man.
00:46:09Thanks again.
00:46:09All right, brother.
00:46:10Thanks, Kyle.
00:46:11Get the out of here for the night.
00:46:12All right, you ready?
00:46:13Let's do it, buddy.
00:46:16Rick and Zee step up to work through the night so the exhausted crew can get some sleep.
00:46:33We've got no choice right now.
00:46:34We've got to run the wheels off of everything if we want to get to 1,800 ounces and run
00:46:38a
00:46:38night shift the way we've got to do it.
00:46:40Hey, Rick, you got a copy?
00:46:43Yeah, go ahead.
00:46:44I'll tell you what.
00:46:45It's more stressful doing it at night.
00:46:47It's really hard to see.
00:46:50I've been told I do my best work in the dark, but, like, I don't know about this.
00:46:55This is Zee's last shift before he heads home for the season.
00:47:01It sucks going home this early.
00:47:04I'm just stressed at home.
00:47:06We haven't hit our goal yet, so if you have pay laying on the ground and there's hours left
00:47:12in the day, you run the plan.
00:47:28Hey, Rick, you got a copy?
00:47:31Yeah, go for it.
00:47:32There's a clog on this hopper.
00:47:43Damn it.
00:47:48Dude, this whole feeder's piled up.
00:47:51I don't know why it stopped.
00:47:53Something got caught in there.
00:48:04There's two flat rocks just jammed in here on the side.
00:48:08It's loose now.
00:48:11You can see all the flat ones here, too.
00:48:13Look, that got through.
00:48:14I know.
00:48:14I think that's it.
00:48:18Let's give her s**t.
00:48:29It ain't spinning.
00:48:31Oh, s**t.
00:48:47It ain't spinning.
00:48:49Yeah.
00:48:51The head drum's spinning, but it's not catching the belt.
00:48:54You can't get traction.
00:48:56At Duncan Creek, the feed conveyor on Rick's monster red wash plant has failed to fire up
00:49:04in the cold.
00:49:05Maybe I'll just heat that f***** up.
00:49:07Can you grab that tiger torch?
00:49:09Yeah.
00:49:14Thanks, buddy.
00:49:17This is the head drum.
00:49:18This is what turns.
00:49:21It's really cold, so when rubber gets cold, it gets hard, and it's just not catching.
00:49:26I should just be able to add some heat to it, warm it up.
00:49:29It should get some traction.
00:49:37Shutting it down like this is a killer.
00:49:49Well, that should do it.
00:49:50Should be f***** warm enough to get going.
00:49:52We'll see.
00:49:54Good.
00:49:55Here we go.
00:49:56Ready?
00:49:57Yeah, ready.
00:50:07She's moving.
00:50:09We're good.
00:50:11f***** yeah.
00:50:12Good to go, buddy.
00:50:16If you don't laugh, it's just going to make you crazy.
00:50:19F***** love it, buddy.
00:50:21Nice job.
00:50:23There's always something happening, especially this time of year.
00:50:26But we are still running, and we're going to f***** stay that way.
00:50:29But we've got a long ways to go.
00:50:49Mike, do you have a copy, Mike?
00:50:51Is someone calling for me?
00:50:53Yeah, Mike.
00:50:54We're all done with the pay.
00:50:55We just put the last bucket through for the season.
00:51:00It all looks pretty good, Mike, huh?
00:51:02Yes.
00:51:03Shut the thing down, clean it up, it's all the quits.
00:51:06Yeah.
00:51:06Yeah, then I'll do that.
00:51:08Anyway, I'm pretty happy with this, and I'll go back to the Union River.
00:51:12It'll be nice if you can get rid of that paper aisle here with a tunnel by the end of
00:51:16the week.
00:51:16Sounds like a plan, Dad.
00:51:18Tony's Harold wash plant has run the last of its pay pile, putting the king, a plant, down in his
00:51:26battle to beat Parker.
00:51:29We're still going, sluicing away with three and a go.
00:51:33As long as the weather is holding up, we will be sluicing.
00:51:37If that means you're missing a night of sleep, we'll still be it.
00:51:41But we've got to go, we've got to go.
00:51:44Tony heads back to Indian River to keep his two shaker decks on the gold, leaving youngest son Mike at
00:51:53Paradise Hill to finish a stockpile at the beat's biggest gold producer, the Trump.
00:52:01The end is nigh.
00:52:03I am looking forward to being done for the year, because I am tired, but I'm going to have to
00:52:08run us 24 hours a day to get through all the pay I got.
00:52:12I want to go out with lots of gold, you know, go out in a bank, as it were.
00:52:18Copy, Mike?
00:52:20Yeah, go ahead.
00:52:20Yeah, they're distributed, this is spinning, I need you over here now.
00:52:25You shut her down, I'll be there in a second.
00:52:27Copy.
00:52:28I mean, I really don't need no big problems today.
00:52:37What the kind of idiot?
00:52:42Look at this.
00:52:44Just look at this.
00:52:50Oh, holy f**k.
00:52:55The whole thing is full of big rocks.
00:52:58That completely jammed up my distributor.
00:53:02Oh, man.
00:53:04This is a serious f**k bump.
00:53:09The trommel filters gold from worthless dirt, throwing the waste tailings out the back of its barrel.
00:53:19Overnight, these tailings have built up, spilling into a chute that feeds the plant's distributor box.
00:53:26The spitting pipes, that should evenly spread the gold-rich slurry into the sluice runs below, have clogged up, eventually
00:53:35blocking the whole distributor.
00:53:38To clear the system, Mike needs to remove the rock gem and flush out the box, including half a night's
00:53:46worth of gold-rich pay dirt.
00:53:50Starter, zapper!
00:54:02There's a f**k ton of rocks, big rocks, as you can see coming out.
00:54:08It's a long and painful process of just getting in there and pulling it out.
00:54:14As far as the trommel goes, it's the biggest f**k up I've ever seen.
00:54:23Watch out, gentlemen!
00:54:26Halfway through his day shift, Mike has enough cleared to open up the bypass and flush the rest of the
00:54:34rocks and the gold-rich pay dirt.
00:54:37Love to hear that.
00:54:39That's the sound of money washing away.
00:54:41That's the sound of money washing away.
00:54:43Turn on the distributor, please!
00:54:55It's f**k!
00:54:57It's f**k!
00:54:59He says it's f**k!
00:55:01Huh?
00:55:02He went like this, he says it's f**k!
00:55:10The motor's fried!
00:55:17Kill it.
00:55:24The motor's broken.
00:55:37Ah, get that one off, get him to bring it up here.
00:55:39At Paradise Hill, after clearing a rock jam in the trommel's distributor, now it won't fire up, leaving the beets
00:55:49with just two plants running.
00:55:51Ah, you f**k!
00:55:52And only days of sluicing left.
00:55:54Whoa!
00:55:56It's a little on the crispy side.
00:55:59Brock got caught, and if jam the f**k stopped and the f**k motor couldn't turn.
00:56:05Unable to turn the distributor, the motor burnt itself out, and needs replacing.
00:56:12I got a motor here.
00:56:14Hopefully we don't have any problems with this one.
00:56:17Okay, gentlemen, we're going to start putting it back together.
00:56:20Everybody in the hole.
00:56:24I could be sluicing tonight.
00:56:25That's if everything goes right.
00:56:27But considering how my luck's been going with this plant, I'm probably going to find about eight little problems.
00:56:35Okay, you're good to go.
00:56:38Once it warms, fire it up and just turn on the distributor.
00:56:52It works good.
00:56:56Turn the sluice lots on.
00:57:08Ah, there it's good.
00:57:14Hey, you.
00:57:15Got it working again.
00:57:16Awesome.
00:57:31After eight hours shut down, Mike has the Beetz family empire back to running three plants for the final push.
00:57:44It was quite a disaster today.
00:57:46Yeah.
00:57:46Good job, man.
00:57:47That's all I can say.
00:57:49Unfortunately, I'm experienced in it.
00:57:52I know.
00:58:13The temperatures are well below freezing.
00:58:18I was hoping to be in a better place than we are right now, but it is what it is.
00:58:23We still got pay dirt here, and we've got a cut that needs to be down to gravel if we're
00:58:27going to get it sluice next season.
00:58:30At Kenan Stewart's, Parker has foreman Mitch running night shift to help him beat Tony.
00:58:38And Mitch wants to finish ahead of schedule.
00:58:42I'm trying to make it home in time for my daughter's birthday and for that to happen.
00:58:45And I've got to have everything here finished tonight and be on the road first thing in the morning.
00:58:52Got quite a bit of pay here to get through.
00:58:55I'm not a real big fan of the night shifts, but the stuff we all got to do, you know.
00:59:02By the end of the shift, Sean must sluice 2,000 yards of the pay pile through wash plant Roxanne.
00:59:10And in the cut, Mitch and Brennan and two D-11 dozers must remove the final acre of a four
00:59:18-foot-deep layer of mud.
00:59:22Then, rip through the frozen pay layer beneath to allow it to thaw.
00:59:29We're just going to have to push through and get it all done as fast as we can here.
00:59:34This is it.
00:59:35We've got to make it happen tonight.
00:59:41I appreciate you putting in the extra hours out here to help me get all this done.
00:59:46Oh, man.
00:59:46I couldn't be happier to help you, my friend.
00:59:48I'm hoping to be able to get home for my daughter's birthday in time.
00:59:52How old is she turning this year?
00:59:55Dude, going to be six already.
00:59:58Feels like two years ago when I was racing home to be there when she was born.
01:00:05Yeah, man.
01:00:06Seeing how old Pistol is now, dude.
01:00:09It's hard not to get sad and look back on all the days that I missed him being a young
01:00:13kid, you know.
01:00:14But I've always been able to block it out of my mind pretty good while I'm up here.
01:00:26You know, you don't need to lie saying that you blocked things out of your mind there.
01:00:30I know there's not much up there anyway.
01:00:40Come on, baby.
01:00:41Come on.
01:00:45Oh, come on, baby.
01:00:46Come on.
01:00:47Come on.
01:00:51Yeah, buddy.
01:00:52We're rolling it now.
01:00:54A lot of horsepower side by side here, Mitch.
01:00:57Buddy, there it is.
01:00:58Look at that pile of dirt.
01:01:08I'm starting to see some gravel here kicking up.
01:01:10How are you looking?
01:01:12Guys, I think I'm starting to see you the same here.
01:01:15Hell yeah.
01:01:16Let's get this stuff ripped up and out of here on time.
01:01:20Right on, buddy.
01:01:22Mud removed, Mitch and Brennan used the D-11's powerful rippers to tear up the frozen gravel layer.
01:01:34Oh, you've got to be kidding me.
01:01:36Come on, man.
01:01:44Oh, man.
01:01:46She's ground right down.
01:01:48There is no way that's going to make it.
01:01:59We are so close to having this done, but that tooth is not going to make it through the rest
01:02:03of this.
01:02:04At Kennan Stewart's, Mitch Blaschke's mission to rip a frozen cut by morning has ground to a halt.
01:02:13You can see here, this is our ripper tooth.
01:02:16When you're ripping in this gravel, it's so abrasive that this last little bit that's left here, that'll be gone
01:02:22in a couple pushes.
01:02:23We're going to rip down, grab a new tooth.
01:02:25We'll be able to finish this out with one more.
01:02:28If the tooth is left to wear down any further, the ripper shank will be damaged.
01:02:37Sun's starting to come up.
01:02:39We don't got a lot of time left.
01:02:40We got some spare parts up top.
01:02:42Let's go have a look.
01:02:45Let's get this thing done, man.
01:02:46We're so close.
01:02:55Oh, is it heavy?
01:02:58We're going to go rip down, throw it on that dozer, and get back out there.
01:03:06Found one, buddy.
01:03:10You ready?
01:03:16Perfect.
01:03:17All right, let's get back out there.
01:03:18We're about out of time.
01:03:19Sounds good.
01:03:26Yeah, buddy, here we go.
01:03:29Back in action.
01:03:37Just got to get this last little bit ripped.
01:03:39We're going to have this thing done.
01:03:50Well, Brennan, I'm seeing lots of rock in this.
01:03:53I think this is exactly where we need to be.
01:03:55Oh, that's the best news I've heard all night, man.
01:03:59We've got this cut down on gravel for next season here at Ken's.
01:04:09Well, buddy, we did it.
01:04:11Yeah, nice work, brother.
01:04:12Man, what a project, dude.
01:04:14What a season.
01:04:15It's been a hell of a year working with you, man.
01:04:18Yeah, man, it's been a fun year.
01:04:21I've got to get down and check on Roxanne.
01:04:32You never know what the weather's going to do up here in the Yukon.
01:04:35It's our first snowfall for the season.
01:04:38Hopefully, this doesn't hang around for long.
01:04:41It's such a good feeling here to be at the finish line.
01:04:46Here comes the boss now.
01:04:55What's happening?
01:04:56Oh, you know.
01:05:00Beautiful day.
01:05:01Yeah.
01:05:04We knew it was coming.
01:05:06Yeah.
01:05:07Hopefully, it doesn't hang out for too long, get it to burn off.
01:05:10It's going to be a nice day.
01:05:12Yeah.
01:05:14Well, it looks like you're about done.
01:05:16You don't have much of a pile left.
01:05:18Yeah, I was shrinking pretty quick.
01:05:20Stripping is done, so we made it.
01:05:23Sweet.
01:05:24You've done your tour of duty.
01:05:25You've had a hell of a season, Mitch.
01:05:28Good job, man.
01:05:29Thanks, dude.
01:05:30Appreciate it.
01:05:41It's just so awesome to see what we've accomplished this season, what the best boat is now.
01:05:47It's time to go home, and I need to spend some time with my family.
01:05:50He's done an incredible job, but regardless of that, we've got a lot of ground still to mine.
01:06:10There's just a few swoops left.
01:06:12the nest crew have been running last chance pay through monster red flat out
01:06:18for four days the material looks really good hopefully it's gonna deliver us
01:06:26close to 420 ounces you know I'm pretty confident that we'll get a good clean
01:06:31out on this but will it be enough I'm not sure if we can get our 1800 ounce
01:06:37gold Rick will give us a gold bonus so I'm gonna cross my fingers we're out of
01:06:43pay we gotta shut down that's it
01:06:48shut it down with the last chance paid done Rick calls time on the season that's
01:06:57it now we just gotta hope that the gold's in the box we gotta weigh it up and see
01:07:03where we end up after cleaning up the gold Rick's crew gather in the only bar in
01:07:13Keno for the make-or-break final gold way of this season what a year a little
01:07:20stressful yeah this year was around for us all year
01:07:26you guys are all here waiting on me all right I got a present for you oh
01:07:34here's my drink yeah yeah and he sees we made it through another one though yeah
01:07:43time to find out if they've banked enough gold to make their bonus and secure their
01:07:48future or if it's time for Rick to sell up I don't I don't ever want to start a
01:07:56season like we did this year it's just this water licensing it's just so tough
01:07:59we were lucky to find some ground this spring then you know we got some gold
01:08:03out of it I think there's gold there it's a it's it's definitely good for the
01:08:06future I mean I don't know what you guys think about it but would you come back
01:08:09for Lightning Creek that's uh I hate to be in that dude but that's a tough one for
01:08:15me to come back to if we don't have a water license for Duncan Creek I'm gonna
01:08:19be honest man I'm in limbo yeah for sure I don't know what it looks like yeah I'll
01:08:24be honest with you we're just trying to survive this season at the point at the
01:08:27moment well I mean we should see what we got it let's do it let's do it sure
01:08:32you're dying to know right we are to hit his 1800 ounce goal Rick needs the last
01:08:40chance cut to deliver 420 ounces all right moment of truth 10 20 30 50 60 70 80 90 100
01:09:14hundred thirty one point nine one
01:09:22oh but we got more
01:09:26all right there's a hundred
01:09:30there's no hundred
01:09:36that means four hundred thirty one point nine one
01:09:41that's it on that last one week cleanup worth over one million seven hundred and twenty seven
01:09:50thousand dollars eighteen hundred eleven point five six that's so close it's ridiculous yeah
01:09:56that last chance paid off it paid off a hundred percent Rick's final total is worth over seven
01:10:10million two hundred and forty six thousand dollars that's awesome isn't it yeah right
01:10:18like it looked bad this season for a while but we're set we got everything we need and you guys
01:10:24get the bonus you deserve so there's a bonus in every one of these jars for you guys nice you
01:10:29guys
01:10:29earned it thank you thank you you worked damn hard for it there's not a season that we haven't been
01:10:37with you that we have not hit our total now if there's a team to do it it's us
01:10:46it is not an easy one it was hard fought a lot of bull there's some uncertainty but for now
01:10:54we hit
01:10:55eighteen hundred ounces and we get our gold bonus it was a hard season I did not think we were
01:11:01gonna do
01:11:01it but we did it I'm ready to keep getting gold and I can't wait till next year this was
01:11:06a close
01:11:06one we hit our goal we beat it by eleven ounces that's insanely close this season was a fight
01:11:13there's no doubt about that right from the get-go it just had disaster written all over it this
01:11:17industry man it beats it out of you Tony and Parker offered me a lot of money for this ground
01:11:22I'm gonna leave on my own terms and the Parker and Tony are still offering when that time comes well
01:11:27then there we go but we get through this year we can get through any year well what do you
01:11:45think
01:11:45guys I think it's getting cold Tony our balls are almost freezing off so do you like to keep on
01:11:51going
01:11:58it's closing time across the beats family empire last bucket a yep last bucket of pay we're finally
01:12:07done yeah so let's shut her down and then we got a full cleanup yeah and as Tony shuts down
01:12:17big red dead for the season Parker's crew also called time on the season we're done
01:12:30good job we did it that's a hell of a pit to get done yeah when we started it I
01:12:35didn't think we'd get
01:12:36through it all I mean the golden mile was literally a mile let's get a cleanup done and see what's
01:12:42in it
01:12:42whatever Tony's got I want to get more it's time for a final gold way shootout to see who is
01:13:00the Yukon's
01:13:01top dog mining mogul Parker Schnabel or Klondike kingpin Tony beats both have four plants to weigh
01:13:12with Tony just 120 ounces in the lead hi guys all right hi Monica guys this is our last gold
01:13:29way
01:13:29then Kevin and Faith just pulled up perfect good then we get the show on the road before Tony's gold
01:13:36hits
01:13:37the scales he wants to see where his young pup has ended up Kevin owes his dad and landlord 10
01:13:46% royalties
01:13:47on all his gold on all his gold oh you like paying bills oh not very well is that a
01:13:54surprise yeah I
01:13:56never worry about that stuff that's the funny I know that's the problem I think we're the same in
01:14:00that manner you're actually admitting you're a little bit the same as your father oh there's
01:14:04definitely parts where we're alike anyway are you gonna hit the gold don't know that's why we brought
01:14:09our jars here fingers crossed Kevin has three weeks of running to weigh he needs nearly 800 ounces over
01:14:20double his best ever gold haul to hit his 2,000 ounce gold so let's see what we've got there
01:14:29you go shut up 10 20 40 60 70 90 100 120 150 180 189
01:14:44200 200 230 50 260 270 300 330 350 376 376.16 so how much was your total now there's
01:15:001,591
01:15:01well you're gonna be able to mine next year I mean it's a good thing the gold price is this
01:15:07high
01:15:08start of next season be a little stressful for uh yeah we get to come back next year
01:15:17some more suffering please Kevin finishes over 400 ounces below target but with record gold prices his
01:15:291,591 ounce haul is still worth over 6.3 million dollars I'm personally happy to hear that you guys
01:15:41are coming
01:15:41back next year thank you thank you we should probably weigh up some stuff now for the main event so
01:15:49Parker had
01:15:49a good season I think I can be Parker let's find a lot to put me okay do it first
01:15:59up find a lots gold from
01:16:01the corner cut where it's averaging 250 ounces a week 140 170 200 200 and two point one eight that's
01:16:13it
01:16:13yeah yeah well that's what that's okay done on to the next one I sluice a lot okay sluice a
01:16:20lot here we go
01:16:21sluice a lot ran Tony's new early bird cut extension that earlier in the season delivered 300 ounces a
01:16:29week to 10 to 30 to 40 to 50 to 66.96 that's pretty damn good I mean that cat
01:16:39did very good this spring
01:16:40that early bird did very good on the end good start good finish that's right absolutely that works so
01:16:48that was all the Indian River stuff Tony's Indian River haul brings his total to 10,681 ounces stretching
01:16:58his lead over Parker by nearly 600 ounces you should do the hill stuff now yes may as well as
01:17:04the king
01:17:05prepares his next gold pour 10 miles away yo yo the mining mogul is getting ready to fight back do
01:17:18you
01:17:18realize collectively we have sluiced over 10,000 hours this year yeah we were busy I was just doing the
01:17:26numbers we sluiced 2 million yards whoa I'd be surprised if Tony beats us yeah okay should we weigh
01:17:35some gold all right let's do it this is Roxanne first up wash plant Roxanne with the last of the
01:17:45gold from
01:17:45Kennan Stewart's which last week delivered 134 ounces 60 80 and 94.90 up at it alone soul Bob next
01:18:11wash
01:18:12plant Bob with the final bridge cut gold averaging 140 ounces a week 40 70 90
01:18:29103.75 yeah it's not bad it's not bad triple digits yeah Parker's total is up to
01:18:40ten thousand two hundred and eighty eight clawing Tony's lead down to less than 400 ounces with the
01:18:48golden mile still to weigh but the king is now ready to tally up his final two plants start with
01:18:58Harold
01:18:58Michael yep Harold has been running Hester cut pay last week it brought in 130 ounces let's go 20 30
01:19:1040 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 132.12 nice to see Mike it is a nice
01:19:23little hole all right so we've
01:19:26got our last one are you ready to be jealous I'm gonna be annoyed aren't I one last up Mike's
01:19:33trommel
01:19:34two the monster plants been running paradise hills white channel pay averaging 320 ounces a week ready
01:19:4420 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 170 180 190 200 210 240
01:20:01250 260 270
01:20:05250 250 250 250 270 380 390 410 417.36 hot damn two million bucks not best for the last
01:20:17little hole that's amazing our biggest season ever
01:20:20the beats finish with a colossal season total of eleven thousand two hundred and thirty one ounces worth a massive
01:20:3045 million dollars
01:20:35it was a great season guys let's wrap her up and let's get on and off let's get ready for
01:20:40the next one
01:20:43that was good season my friend it was a damn good season things fell in place
01:20:47it's just nice to see at our age to come all this together that way yeah but really I'm ready
01:20:53to go
01:20:53start next spring not me I want to have a holiday first I almost guarantee I'll be the first one
01:20:58back
01:20:59into Yukon Tony walks away with a record-shattering season total more than 940 ounces ahead of Parker now
01:21:12the young buck needs a monster score from his last two plants all righty let's see how the golden mile
01:21:19finished off Parker is combining his golden goose and big red wash plants into one final double pour
01:21:26together they ran the end of the golden mile the richest cut Parker's mind this season 130 180 220 240
01:21:41keeps
01:21:42coming a 260 300 307.95 so where'd we end up this week 506.6 our season total 10,000
01:22:06five hundred and ninety six point four five ounces
01:22:12I'm just gonna say 10 600 I'm sure there's three extra ounces in that safe somewhere well done gentlemen
01:22:18well done that's 10 six three Parker finishes 630 ounces behind Tony the now undisputed king of the Klondike
01:22:31but his 10 600 ounces is still Parker's biggest ever season haul worth 42 million dollars
01:22:43we had a really good season you know this last week I think probably could have pulled a little
01:22:48more gold out if we didn't have as many problems as we did but overall you know super solid year
01:22:55Parker is such a smart miner as I look back through the years from a snot-nosed kid at 38
01:23:02ounces for his
01:23:03first season to 10,000 ounces now it's amazing just totally amazing we'll be back next year and we'll
01:23:13hopefully do even more and I'm ready to hunt for the next big project right like
01:23:22the elephant gun is loaded and we need to find where to go next
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