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Gold Rush: Alaska - Season 16 - Episode 10: New Levels of Chaos
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00:00:23We've got more than 4,000 ounces, and we're not even halfway through the season.
00:00:28We have to, like, focus on sluicing and hit our 10,000 ounces this year.
00:00:33Particularly because the price of gold is really good.
00:00:36And nobody has a clue how long it's going to stay that way.
00:00:40Mining mogul Parker Schnabel is on a tear.
00:00:45Ten weeks into the season, he's already stacked $15 million in gold.
00:00:51Now he's shifting into overdrive, eager to take advantage of the summer weather.
00:00:57So we just have to make hay while the sun shines and run four plants.
00:01:06Mitch and Brennan, now they're running on the Indian River.
00:01:09That's the next big pit for Roxanne.
00:01:12And, of course, we still have the two plants at Dominion plugging away.
00:01:18Tyson's doing really well this year.
00:01:20He's doing a very good job of handling things at Dominion.
00:01:25But we just have to kick it in high gear.
00:01:33This year is definitely the most I've ever taken on in my career.
00:01:36And definitely pushing me to my limits, seeing what I'm capable of.
00:01:40Definitely keeping me busy.
00:01:41On average, I'm working from 15 to 16 hours a day.
00:01:47But, man, am I tired.
00:02:02How are you?
00:02:03I'm good. How are you doing?
00:02:04I look pretty good.
00:02:08A couple things.
00:02:10I want to get another plant running in the Golden Mile.
00:02:14Have two wash plants set up there.
00:02:18Big red.
00:02:19I think we should try to fire that thing up.
00:02:21Yeah?
00:02:22Like, end of the week or something.
00:02:27I've already talked to the mechanics.
00:02:28They're starting to work on her.
00:02:30Let's see what happens around here if we have four plants running.
00:02:34With the crew we got, running three plants on Dominion is going to be a stretch.
00:02:39Like, I'm running like a chicken with my head cut off in between the two right now.
00:02:44With three, it's already...
00:02:46I know.
00:02:47I know.
00:02:48We're taking chaos to a new level.
00:02:51You're going to have gray hair by the end of it.
00:02:53Right?
00:02:55To bring in 10,000 ounces, Parker wants to run four wash plants for the first time in his career.
00:03:03At his least ground on the Indian River, Roxanne is pounding through pay dirt.
00:03:10Ten miles north, at Dominion, wash plant Bob is sluicing the bridge cut.
00:03:17Two miles away, Slucifer is finishing off the first 11 acres of the Golden Mile.
00:03:24Now, Parker wants Tyson to move Slucifer 800 feet to a new pad to sluice the next 15-acre section.
00:03:35To get through the pay as fast as possible, Parker wants to resurrect his old plant, Big Red, and set
00:03:43it up next to Slucifer, doubling his Golden Mile firepower.
00:03:55The mechanics are not going to be happy.
00:03:58Big Red screen deck, the sluice runs, and the pre-wash need a lot of work.
00:04:05And that's pretty much what makes up a wash plant.
00:04:08And Parker wants it running by the end of the week.
00:04:14Yeah, this plant was in really bad shape.
00:04:18After last year and pieces flying off of it, the thought of even rebuilding it surprised me.
00:04:24Last season, after 13 years hard mining, Big Red suffered a catastrophic breakdown.
00:04:33Now, Parker's mechanics need to resurrect her in just three days.
00:04:39Jordan, just hold it there for one second.
00:04:42Okay, holding.
00:04:45First up, attach Big Red's refurbished hopper, where gold-rich pay dirt is fed into the plant.
00:04:53Okay, cable down a little bit more.
00:04:59Whoa, holder right there.
00:05:02Okay, bolt one is in.
00:05:04I would say Parker has gold fever.
00:05:07Gold prices are huge.
00:05:08We had a year last year.
00:05:10We got thaw in these cuts.
00:05:12Get the pay out.
00:05:13Get gold while the price is through the roof.
00:05:18Now, Jordan, we got to go ahead towards the screen deck.
00:05:23We got to be careful it doesn't come all at once.
00:05:27It's not a super heavy lift, but it's a super precarious once we try to get these third and fourth
00:05:33pins set.
00:05:35We're trying to move it, you know, inches to get a pin in.
00:05:42You know what?
00:05:43What's going to be the safest?
00:05:44Probably come along that to this.
00:05:46Exactly.
00:05:47Okay, let's do that.
00:05:49The issue we're having is that right now we have this pre-wash hung on these pins right here.
00:05:56And this arm, whole support arm, is actually on two pins on the bottom.
00:06:01So this whole thing moves back and forth.
00:06:03So we're trying to move it ahead to drop the four pins in the front.
00:06:09But when we do, this is floating free.
00:06:12There's a lot of weight here.
00:06:13So if we don't control it, the thing could just shoot off into there.
00:06:21Bill secures the hopper's support arm and inches it forward to slide the hopper in.
00:06:31Okay, Jordan, let's go down a little bit.
00:06:40Okay, hold her there. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:06:46There we go. Okay, it's in.
00:06:48Went the best it could go, but we still got to replace the screens.
00:06:53Weld the plates in.
00:06:55Impact rubber's got to be bolted in to finish off the structural.
00:06:59And then reassembly, and one thing goes wrong, we're definitely not going to make it.
00:07:05Right now we're dealing with everyone running at their maximum capacity.
00:07:10I'd like to have a double wash plant pad for Slucifer and Big Red done.
00:07:16Slucifer has a couple days of pay left.
00:07:19Gonna be out here till 9, 10, 11 o'clock at night tonight.
00:07:22Wake up at 5am and I'll do it all over again.
00:07:26So we have a lot of work to do and not much time to get it done in.
00:07:4510 miles south.
00:07:46Right now, with the price of gold this crazy, it is a great time to be Tony Beetz, I'll tell
00:07:52you.
00:07:53Like Parker, king of the Klondike, Tony Beetz is also running at a fever pitch, hoping to cash in on
00:08:02record high gold prices.
00:08:05I can always get more gold. I may not always be able to get this price.
00:08:10I suggest you get your f*** together and get as much sell it as you possibly can because you don't
00:08:17want to waste the moment.
00:08:19Tony's already mined $10 million in gold and wants a lot more, opening up his biggest cut ever, the 46
00:08:29-acre corner cut.
00:08:31The corner cut is so f***ing big that it's going to take us a while to get down the pay.
00:08:37Not only that, a fair amount of it is frozen.
00:08:41So we got the river cut down there that we cleaned up last year, so that's ready to go.
00:08:45So that buys us a little bit of time so that we can get the corner cut ready.
00:08:50You gotta have ground ahead.
00:08:53You cannot shut down for 14 days because you weren't ready.
00:08:56You gotta be f***ing ready.
00:09:00To get through all this ground, Tony's dropped a million dollars on a new wash plan.
00:09:07The new sluice box is arriving today, so that'd be pretty exciting.
00:09:11Because then we'll double production right there.
00:09:14And I mean, with the way gold prices are, boy, what an opportunity it is.
00:09:18Make some money, as they say.
00:09:20Double the trouble, double the gold, right?
00:09:30The faster we can get this thing going, the better it is.
00:09:36Tony has spent a lot of money this year on new equipment.
00:09:39That is way more reliable, and does a way better job at catching the gold.
00:09:44So I think we should lift up the front.
00:09:49It's a big investment, but hopefully that will pay for itself.
00:09:55That's it. Perfect.
00:09:57The new 45-ton wash plant is the same model as Tony's plant, Slusalot.
00:10:03One of the biggest shaker decks money can buy.
00:10:07It can process 350 yards of pay an hour.
00:10:18How's it going, Jeff?
00:10:19It's going good.
00:10:20Good.
00:10:20Nothing you're going to take to fill the whole thing?
00:10:23Ah, we got the conveyor next.
00:10:25Then we got the sidearms, the supports for the sluice runs.
00:10:29I'd say by the end of the day, if everything goes well.
00:10:32So you go do yours, I'll go do mine, and we'll get them together, and we'll be in business.
00:10:35Check on me later.
00:10:36All right. Thanks, Jeff.
00:10:37Yeah, no worries.
00:10:39Hopefully we get it together.
00:10:40I'm going to move Slusalot.
00:10:41That'd be awesome to see him run side by side.
00:10:47This season, Tony has opened up more ground on the Indian River than ever before.
00:10:54In the 22-acre early bird cut, his wash plant, Slusalot, has nearly finished chewing through its pay.
00:11:02Once it's out, Tony wants to move it upstream to run his piggy bank, the 17-acre river cut.
00:11:10Then, he'll bring in his brand-new wash plant to sit side by side.
00:11:16Together, they could bring in upwards of $16,000 in gold per hour.
00:11:25There's just one problem.
00:11:27The river cut is flooded.
00:11:34We've got to take a foam for the pump.
00:11:37We'll get rid of all the dirt.
00:11:40So we're going to put the pump in, and then we'll pump the water down, and then it should be
00:11:44pretty much good until we're completely finished with this cut.
00:11:51Now we can put this side boom in place.
00:11:54Foreman, cousin Mike, brings in their submersible pump, capable of shifting 1,000 gallons of water an hour.
00:12:02It'll take a day to drain this cut by that time.
00:12:05We hope to have the other wash plant set up.
00:12:08So, we'll hook the cables to her, fire the genset up, off we go.
00:12:22You got it all in tight?
00:12:24Yep.
00:12:24Tight?
00:12:25Yep.
00:12:25Good.
00:12:26Fire the **** up, let's see what happens.
00:12:28Yep.
00:12:48Ah, it's pumping with a generator, sir.
00:12:50It's got to be at 60 hertz, but that's not why it's making it.
00:12:56No, I don't like that.
00:13:04****
00:13:04****
00:13:07You may not want to do that.
00:13:10****
00:13:11It is not good.
00:13:17Nobody hurt.
00:13:19No big deal.
00:13:21Just pay attention next time, that's all.
00:13:29I'll fix this one.
00:13:31Okay, fine.
00:13:34So, I'll make this sure that a couple of wires on the genset.
00:13:37There was a bare spot on it.
00:13:39He didn't know, I didn't know.
00:13:40So, then when you touch the **** side, kapow, right?
00:13:43But, you know what, that can happen.
00:13:58If you're pumping, the cut should be dry in the morning.
00:14:03This will be moving the box tomorrow, so it should just nicely match up.
00:14:08By the time we get the box moved, the cut is dry, we'll have a drain in.
00:14:11Then, you'll be ready to roll.
00:14:41I'm fine.
00:14:51Yo, Troy.
00:14:54Can I see you?
00:14:56I wanted to check you in with you, it's been a while.
00:14:59We're approaching midseason.
00:15:01Got that 100 ounce deal.
00:15:02I'm not a bank I'm a businessman and need the money yep Rick Ness is two weeks late paying
00:15:15landlord Troy Taylor a final three hundred and fifty thousand dollar gold payment to buy ground
00:15:22on Lightning Creek I didn't see any activity there at lightning so I wonder what was going on there
00:15:32Lightning Creek started off kind of kind of slow we got the license extension for the year to Vegas
00:15:38Valley I gotta put you know put my resources where I know I'm gonna get the most gold with
00:15:43the gold sitting here that we know is here we kind of got a kind of got a jump on
00:15:46that you don't really
00:15:48care where the gold comes from do you as long as we get that that gold in my pocket you
00:15:53know
00:15:53I'll have to you by the end of the week no surprises no surprises only surprise will be more gold
00:15:58yeah
00:15:59yeah yeah well Troy wants his money I get it you know he says got a lot of money going
00:16:06out not a
00:16:06lot coming in same here got a lot going out not a lot coming in it's been a roller coaster
00:16:22if there
00:16:23ever was one of a year and we started the season off with no water license nowhere to mine ended
00:16:28up
00:16:28taking a huge gamble and big chunk of ground Lightning Creek and going back in debt and for
00:16:34the work that we've done there there really hasn't been much gold and you know and that's wearing on
00:16:38everybody especially me but now now we out of the blue we get a water license here at Vegas Valley
00:16:43and we're not prepared for it but the hell yeah we're coming back to it we know the goals there
00:16:48we're gonna
00:16:48go get it to get Troy 100 ounces by the end of the week Rick plans to run a stockpile
00:16:56of Vegas Valley
00:16:57pay left over from last season you know we've got a pile of pay sitting there ready to run but
00:17:04our
00:17:04wash plants not ready monster red needs some work just haven't gotten around to fixing it because we
00:17:10didn't know if we'd be able to use it this year there's water pouring out from the backside of
00:17:15the feeder last season water line monster red's main water line sprung a massive leak you're not
00:17:24gonna like what you see that's big it's like half the pipe this obviously got caught by the bucket the
00:17:29line should have never been there water lines in a spot right behind the feeder right behind the
00:17:38grizzlies where boulders the size of small cars are coming off of Rick's tasked mechanic Ryan Kent
00:17:44and his crew to cut out the damaged area of pipe pull both ends together and clamp it back in
00:17:52place
00:17:52Kyle will get his chainsaw he'll chop that up we'll be able to yank it and we'll get it close
00:17:57enough to
00:17:57put those together I hate doing that band-aid but we're out of time for this season so we just
00:18:02can't
00:18:02run the plant till it's done yeah so yeah well I'll get the 460 over and let's hammer it out
00:18:10just makes sense to come back here we got a monster pile of pay right there that would
00:18:14give us a boost through the season problem is we're short on time gold still owed to Troy so
00:18:21it's gonna be a patch job honestly we needed it run and pay be careful we are right on the
00:18:29edge of that
00:18:29feeder we don't want to take too much away from this edge right here and weaken the bank otherwise
00:18:36we're gonna end up losing the feeder I just need to get this rack out you feel good about cutting
00:18:46right
00:18:47there yeah that's fine all right make sure you yell timber timber that's good that'll do I might be
00:19:06able to pull from right here yeah that's right where I'm at we don't have to completely uncover
00:19:11just loosen it so we can pull it we are going to pull it about a foot closer or so
00:19:17we can get our new
00:19:19connection put in so we try going this way
00:19:34oh or why is it bent weird like that oh that definitely has a crack right there there's a big
00:19:43hole in there oh we gotta undig the whole thing
00:19:52this is gonna be a pain in the ass Ryan's attempted quick fix has created a bigger hole
00:20:00now they need to dig up the entire 200 foot long pipe to make the repair only going down uh
00:20:07inches
00:20:08at a time here only got one clamp to make this work last thing we want to do is put
00:20:12another hole in a
00:20:13piece of pipe see once it's pulled out and exposed we'll pull it so we can get our new connection
00:20:18put
00:20:18in go that that's it right there ah this mess this mess that's how it was buried yeah so from
00:20:38the
00:20:38beginning this was amateur hour when I put in yeah yeah it's bad it's not exactly tricky you just got
00:20:50to get it right I mean the hardest part is getting the two ends to line up that was close
00:20:56right we
00:20:57were touching once it's closed up clamp it then it's good I'm not too happy about leaving the water
00:21:04line where it is that's why it got damaged in the first place but unfortunately we just don't have the
00:21:08time to move everything so we're just gonna cut some corners unfortunately and uh have to be
00:21:12extra careful to make it work and by doing that we're gonna be able to save a week's worth of
00:21:16solution I think we're good that's meant yeah I closed right up so I want everybody to take
00:21:22pictures of where it's at so they remember we got the water line fixed a bit of a pain in
00:21:28the ass but
00:21:28we got it done and the next step is to get the water pump down a lightning creek because we
00:21:32don't
00:21:32know if it's gonna hold till we put pressure on it so we get that all hooked up and if
00:21:36it holds we're
00:21:37in good shape we could run monster red
00:21:55I think this might be the last load of hay from the permacut
00:22:13the pay pile looks big but she won't last that long we've really got to crack into that new ground
00:22:19and start holding pay as soon as possible so we got the pyramid cut open and we're running that pay
00:22:29but that is gonna run out soon so right now I'm off to go look where we're gonna start stripping
00:22:37next
00:22:37while his dad Tony expands his empire Kevin beats is struggling to stay in the game nearly halfway
00:22:47through the season the sophomore mind boss is short on crew short on gold and short on time
00:22:57the gold not being quite as good as we had hoped it's making me a little hesitant about a 2
00:23:03,000 ounce
00:23:03goal we're not hurting yet but it's definitely not great so we're gonna have to speed up be more
00:23:10efficient and the new cut once we get into there we're gonna have to open it up pretty quick otherwise
00:23:14we're gonna have no pay to run which means no gold in the boxes means no money coming in which
00:23:19means no
00:23:19bills being paid so better picking right I guess so we just have to figure out what is going to
00:23:38be
00:23:38the quickest easiest fastest options there's only so many of those that we got to pick from given what
00:23:46claims we have this over the years I just kind of picked up from Tony what to look for it's
00:23:52doing
00:23:52it for a quarter of a century you're just naturally gonna learn some Kevin has identified a block of
00:23:58ground 500 feet north of his wash plant setup hmm this spot would probably be it honestly it's in the
00:24:12valley relatively flat really accessible because our plan is just down way I did do some test holes
00:24:20last year year before and I got 15 feet down a thought that's pretty good that that's something we
00:24:28can work with this next guy is gonna be a big decision because I hope it's gonna take us through
00:24:34the end of the season so I really do hope that it's gonna pay out I think we're gonna call
00:24:42it at Scribner
00:24:49Creek Kevin has spent nearly 10 weeks mining out the three acre pyramid cut and now has just a stockpile
00:24:58left to run 500 feet up the valley is his new seven acre sphinx cut he needs it ripped stripped
00:25:07and down
00:25:08to pay in the first section before his stockpile runs out in a week's time
00:25:19with no time to waste Kevin sends in operator Tyler Potter in his biggest dirt mover the d10 dozer
00:25:58yeah this is this isn't good this is not good
00:26:35at Scribner Creek Kevin beats is racing to open up new ground before his pay runs out
00:26:43but his only dozer hasn't even made it out of the yard and it's getting warm already
00:26:54let me go have a look all right
00:27:12okay not the most scientific but something's not cooling at all so it has to be something in the
00:27:18system something internal so basically this thing is gonna have to sit until we can fix that because
00:27:24there's no like you can't make it the out of the driveway it's not gonna push the cut worth
00:27:30all right if I can get you to just babysit it let it cool down try to live it back
00:27:34to the yard I'll
00:27:35go talk to faith about trying to find an alternate dozer I guess sounds good all right
00:27:58dozer is overheating the d10 I think we need to get one of our own something a little newer
00:28:08okay all right there's a couple places we can shop for and we do need it here ASAP
00:28:19um even just looking at our current options here getting it from the states it's gonna take weeks
00:28:30and Alberta is gonna be at least two weeks at best yeah I don't think we can wait the two
00:28:36weeks honestly
00:28:38if we wanted it yesterday I would suggest we start looking local okay you have possibly Parker
00:28:45maybe maybe that we could ask Tony having Tony give you something it's always a load of dice just time
00:28:58to roll the dice
00:29:04well we're kind of stuck in a rock in a hard place right now yeah we really need a large
00:29:12dozer real soon
00:29:18yeah okay I'll see what I can do
00:29:42so Lucifer's done it's down to pay we got our wash plant pad built right now we're ready to
00:29:50drag Slucifer over to the Golden Mile once we get Slucifer up and going then we can put all our
00:29:57focus
00:29:57into moving big red
00:30:02there's 24 hours in the day zero of them are meant for sleep
00:30:08after 10 weeks of mining it's finally time for Parker's for wash plant master plan to come to life
00:30:17you're gonna boom up and curl in and for foreman Tyson Lee that means it's double plant move day
00:30:24okay you're good first up slucifer all righty here we go
00:30:35Tyson uses the 480 excavator to drag the 45 ton wash plant 800 feet to a new pad in the
00:30:44middle of the Golden Mile
00:30:48it's a long drag over to the Golden Mile we're just taking it nice and slow and steady here
00:30:53if we mess something up we'll only have one running wash plant here at Dominion
00:31:03oh
00:31:09this 480 it's struggling to drag Slucifer
00:31:19I don't know what your thoughts are Liam this thing is just struggling to get it up the hill
00:31:25yeah we don't have time to mess around
00:31:29it looks like 950 just parked
00:31:31hey Eric mind if we trade hose for like 20 minutes here
00:31:37oh for sure
00:31:44to add extra muscle Tyson brings in the big gun
00:31:49thanks man I'll get it back to you
00:31:50Parker's 100 ton 950 excavator
00:32:03this thing is an absolute monster
00:32:06this is the biggest excavator we have on site
00:32:10but it's the first time we've ever moved to wash plant with the 950 so let's see what it's got
00:32:25oh like nothing look at this
00:32:30making it look easy
00:32:34this is the reason Parker spent all this money on this heavy equipment D11s 950s 750s
00:32:41because it makes the job a hell of a lot easier
00:32:44a hell of a lot faster
00:32:46Parker isn't messing around this year he wants 10,000 ounces
00:32:49we're going to get it
00:32:55that's perfect I think
00:32:58okay looks good
00:32:59I like it
00:33:00so there we go we got Slucifer into place
00:33:04now it's time to go get the super stacker in
00:33:08to make his four plant setup possible
00:33:11Parker has spent a hundred and seventy five thousand dollars on a second hand super stacker
00:33:18we've never used it before
00:33:20so hopefully it works because we're relying on it
00:33:34are we looking on the plant?
00:33:36try and line it up the best we can here
00:33:39I would say keep going
00:33:46you're like almost in that bay
00:33:50stop
00:33:57pad's too short
00:33:59you up
00:34:01I don't have the brain capacity for anything these days
00:34:06do you think we should pull it out?
00:34:08I can mitt that dirt out of the way and then we can hook up to it and pull it
00:34:11down
00:34:11might be the best thing T at this point
00:34:22this super stacker is longer than our old one
00:34:25now that we have it on site and we know that
00:34:27we're having to modify the dirt here to make this pad work
00:34:33days like yesterday go so fast
00:34:35and then days like today it's like putting in one piece can take a whole day
00:34:41I almost feel sick I'm so tired
00:34:51that looks good and we're ready to pull
00:34:53sounds good
00:34:57well here we go
00:34:58now we should be able to make her work
00:35:02you got like six feet
00:35:05good there?
00:35:06that rock box looks pretty lined up
00:35:11lift away
00:35:13well we're going up
00:35:16keep it coming up
00:35:19yeah that's good there
00:35:20sweet
00:35:21right on the money
00:35:22at the end of the day shift
00:35:25sluucifer and its conveyors are finally in place
00:35:28but Tyson still needs to set up the water line and pump
00:35:33before firing up and moving on to Big Red
00:35:38hi
00:35:39figured I'd poke my head out
00:35:41I know you still have a lot to do
00:35:43yeah for sure
00:35:44and I'm sure that you're fired and
00:35:46yeah for sure
00:35:47if it's not close don't fight it
00:35:50they don't even have a pump in it
00:35:52no yeah for sure
00:35:53I think like don't try to stay out
00:35:55like
00:35:55they've been falling late nights
00:35:57never really
00:35:58yeah for sure
00:35:58it might be best to just like
00:35:59have everybody get a good night's sleep
00:36:02yeah
00:36:05yeah
00:36:05thank you
00:36:10not my day
00:36:11I don't want to fail
00:36:12hopefully you've never been this tired before
00:36:24oh hey
00:36:25hi hi
00:36:26oh thanks
00:36:28long week
00:36:28tiring week
00:36:30back at camp
00:36:31Tyson meets up with girlfriend
00:36:34India Greenhoush
00:36:35trying to keep up to Parker
00:36:36that's killing me
00:36:39like last year I was telling him
00:36:41are we gonna ever run four wash plants
00:36:43and he said never
00:36:44we'll never run four wash plants
00:36:46now's the time
00:36:47gold prices are high
00:36:48he has the plants
00:36:50he has the feeders
00:36:50he has the conveyors
00:36:52maybe you don't have your sanity
00:36:54yeah maybe
00:36:55we'll find out
00:36:57honestly looking at you right now
00:36:59I'm just like
00:36:59how are you gonna get to October
00:37:01because you look like October Tyson
00:37:04yeah I feel like
00:37:05which is pretty homeless and bagged
00:37:07do you feel like you're gonna be able to carry on
00:37:10the way that you have been this year
00:37:13I don't know
00:37:33well asleep wake up do it again
00:37:39that should be good there Tyson
00:37:40okay
00:37:41Parker's foreman Tyson Lee
00:37:43is back at work
00:37:45setting up sluice of her in the golden mile
00:37:48before bringing in wash plant Big Red
00:37:51there's still a lot of work to be done here
00:37:53but
00:37:53one day at a time we'll get her
00:37:56we got to get the pipeline hooked up
00:37:58just putting in the feeder
00:37:59flip it over
00:38:02love it
00:38:03fresh set up
00:38:04definitely ready to get this thing going
00:38:08there we go
00:38:16here comes the water
00:38:24we got dirt baby
00:38:26it's moving fast
00:38:28oh we're sluicing
00:38:29we're back to making money
00:38:32we're one more step in the right direction
00:38:33here at Lucifer's up and running in the golden mile
00:38:37but I can't wait to have two wash plants here
00:38:39running this feeder
00:38:40because this is some good material we're running here
00:38:43and this is what we need
00:38:45to get 10,000 ounces
00:38:47looks good
00:38:48yeah nice work man
00:38:49good work
00:38:50I'll be back
00:38:56it feels good to have one wash plant up and running
00:38:58but
00:38:59now it's on to Big Red
00:39:02here comes Parker
00:39:05hi
00:39:07how much you?
00:39:08hello just wanted to come check out how things are going
00:39:11how is all your people?
00:39:13good yeah
00:39:13they got an actual night's sleep yesterday
00:39:16yeah
00:39:17yeah
00:39:17we're just trying to
00:39:19probably spend the last bit of the day with
00:39:22it's Lucifer here and then
00:39:23hopefully tomorrow
00:39:24Big Red's running too
00:39:26hopefully
00:39:27good job man
00:39:28thanks man
00:39:29looks good
00:39:30okay
00:39:35Tyson is definitely doing a really good job
00:39:39but it's a lot for one guy to take on
00:40:01the new plant is taking shape
00:40:03so we got to go shut it down and sluice a lot
00:40:05and get ready to move to the river cut
00:40:09We're going to get the first plant over there, and then it'll be time to pick up number two.
00:40:15Tony Beetz is also working on a two-plant blitz to boost his gold production.
00:40:24So we should be on track to get them both going side by side, ready to wash rocks.
00:40:31Perfect.
00:40:35Slusalot is out of early bird cut pay and is ready to be moved to its new home, one mile
00:40:42away to the now-drained river cut.
00:40:50How's it going, guy?
00:40:51Yeah, good.
00:40:52We're ready.
00:40:54Well, clean it up with a doe.
00:40:55Let's hook onto it.
00:40:56Let's drag it down the road.
00:40:57See, hopefully we'll make it around them corners all right.
00:40:59Yeah, I look at it. It should be all right.
00:41:02I don't know.
00:41:03We'll see.
00:41:07Cousin Mike will hold the 45-ton wash plant, but unlike at Parker's, Tony wants him to use a D10
00:41:16dozer instead of an excavator.
00:41:18It's 63-ton weight, 613-horsepower engine, and low center of gravity should make the move easier.
00:41:30It's moving.
00:41:36Make the corner, off we go.
00:41:48So, we've got a ramp here. I've got to climb up. It's going to be narrow, and it's going to
00:41:54be a turn behind it, but we shouldn't get too far ahead of ourselves.
00:42:05Of course, he's got to make it up the hill.
00:42:09But he's got to pay attention here.
00:42:13Tony gives me the sign to just go for it.
00:42:19Let's go.
00:42:20Let's go.
00:42:22Let's go.
00:42:52I'm losing traction.
00:42:55I'm spitting tracks.
00:42:57It's not happening.
00:43:04Looks like there's some soft material underneath the ramp.
00:43:08So, the doors are sinking.
00:43:12So, that's all working against me.
00:43:16Yeah, that's not going to happen.
00:43:27Pull it up with your ripper.
00:43:29Pull it up with your ripper.
00:43:31Ripper down, and then lift it up.
00:43:33She'll move.
00:43:34I'll give it a go.
00:43:53I'm running out of patience.
00:44:04I'm running out of patience.
00:44:13I'm running out of patience.
00:44:34Okay, good.
00:44:35Yep, there she goes.
00:44:35And then, basically, put a pair of wheels underneath it or something, I guess.
00:44:55Yeah, plan move was successful.
00:44:59It took a bit, but we got it in place.
00:45:02We got it in place at one piece.
00:45:03That's what matters by the end of the day.
00:45:05We're still early in the day.
00:45:06We'll bring in pipes, pumps, water, and then we will be sluicing by the end of the day.
00:45:18Well?
00:45:18Well, all ready to go.
00:45:20All ready to go?
00:45:21Yeah.
00:45:21Awesome.
00:45:21Perfect.
00:45:22Let's fire the thing up, and let's get some gold in the box.
00:45:25Let's do it.
00:45:25What do you think?
00:45:26Yep.
00:45:48We got this one back up and running.
00:45:51It's really nice to see the others up and going.
00:45:54That was two on the go, which would be great for us.
00:45:57Now we got to go find a place for the other sluice box.
00:46:01Once you see them two wash plants together running,
00:46:04you hear them rocks rattling away.
00:46:06There's the sound of them making money to me.
00:46:08Perfect.
00:46:22When you buy equipment that is used,
00:46:25you're rolling the dice.
00:46:27But we need that dozer A-S-A-P.
00:46:31Under pressure to open up his new cut,
00:46:34before his pay runs out,
00:46:37Kevin is turning to the one man who might be able to save his season.
00:46:42We're off to Tony's.
00:46:43I hear he's looking to sell one of his dozers,
00:46:45so we're going to see what he's asking for.
00:46:48A good deal would be.
00:46:50Anywhere from half a mil to, like, one mil,
00:46:53depending on how good it is.
00:46:58But I'm hoping it's closer to half a mil than anything else.
00:47:02That's way more in the price range I can afford.
00:47:23How you going?
00:47:25How's it going?
00:47:25Not too bad.
00:47:28Keeping busy over there?
00:47:30Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:47:31Yeah, yeah.
00:47:32But dozer's all blown out.
00:47:33Right.
00:47:34I'm going to have serious ripping real soon.
00:47:37Yeah, well, I just bought another one.
00:47:39Zero rebuild.
00:47:40Zero hours.
00:47:41So, and I thought, well, it'll buy it.
00:47:44But I don't need all these cats.
00:47:46Ah, I got it.
00:47:46So, you can have a first shot at it if you want to.
00:47:49Have a look at it.
00:47:51Definitely could use one, I'll be honest.
00:47:54D10R, that's much newer.
00:47:56Do you know what the hours on it are or how old the machine is?
00:47:59I have no clue.
00:48:01I think it is early 2000s.
00:48:03The only thing you got is a front idler.
00:48:06I mean, that'll do the season.
00:48:07I mean, .
00:48:08You know, that seems worse.
00:48:10If you don't mind, give it a hour up, see what you sound like.
00:48:12Yeah, do it.
00:48:13All right.
00:48:33It sounds pretty nice.
00:48:39I'd probably be foolish not to buy this machine.
00:48:42So, if the price is reasonable.
00:48:45Yeah.
00:48:47I'll have to grab it.
00:48:54What price are we thinking for it?
00:48:56I mean, what the .
00:48:57Make me a .
00:48:58Offer, right?
00:49:01Well, it does have the thin tracks.
00:49:03Like.
00:49:04Yeah, that .
00:49:05Wine, then.
00:49:06Give me a price.
00:49:08.
00:49:09Hmm.
00:49:12450,000, give or take.
00:49:14450.
00:49:16I don't know.
00:49:17Would you drop it down to at least four?
00:49:19Well, if you're quick, let's split the difference.
00:49:22Okay.
00:49:23That's four and a quarter.
00:49:25Okay.
00:49:26That would be very much appreciated.
00:49:29Hey, done deal, Kevin.
00:49:30Sounds good.
00:49:31Perfect, man.
00:49:33Yeah, it's nice.
00:49:34Kevin is advancing that far that he can start buying decent equipment.
00:49:38I mean, if he does that well, that is really nice to see.
00:49:45I think that dozer is going to be just right.
00:49:48Hopefully, there's no surprises.
00:49:50We didn't have the best of luck with Tony's gear last year, but I think it's going to be a
00:49:54good buy, especially at that .
00:49:57Honestly, it feels pretty good to be buying equipment instead of just borrowing it from Tony.
00:50:01Like, my s***, my problems, my successes, as I like to say.
00:50:08Six hours after doing the deal, Kevin has his new D10 dozer back at his yard and ready to get
00:50:16to work.
00:50:23Hey, Dadler.
00:50:24Hey, Kevin.
00:50:25The dozer that we bought off of Tony, the D10R.
00:50:28You should be good to go.
00:50:30Perfect.
00:50:35Cool.
00:50:51Kevin's new dozer heads out to the claim to finally start opening up the Sphinx Cut.
00:50:59There's definitely a crunchy tank right now.
00:51:02Our big pay pile is definitely dwindling down, so I've got to get this thing into the cut, get her
00:51:08opened up and start ripping some pay so we can start getting another mountain of money going.
00:51:15400K, there's still a huge chunk of change for the dozer, but if you need it, you f***ing need it.
00:51:23F***ing nice.
00:51:23Good to get this down to the cut.
00:51:48This pumper right now is what's going to feed Monster Red. If we don't have a pump on Monster Red,
00:51:52we won't get gold.
00:51:53100 miles east, Rick Ness' crew are racing to get gold coming in from Vegas Valley, where a pay pile
00:52:02could deliver over a million dollars.
00:52:05First step, setting up wash plant Monster Red.
00:52:09Obviously the road's going to be slick, it's raining.
00:52:12You know, you damage a pump on a hull and then next thing you know, we're out three months, so
00:52:16it's pretty important that we take care of this pump.
00:52:17The water pump Rick needs to feed water to Monster Red is at his Lightning Creek claim.
00:52:25Now, his crew need to haul it eight miles down dirt mining roads to Duncan Creek.
00:52:31Ready to head back and start actually getting to work.
00:52:33Good.
00:52:34Well, let's get to Vegas Valley.
00:52:36All right.
00:52:37Bailey, let Jesus take the wheel.
00:52:39Oh, yeah.
00:52:40Oh, boy.
00:52:54It's extremely over the moon that we can go back to Vegas Valley.
00:52:57We know the gold's good there, so the pump is the last piece of the puzzle to get Monster Red
00:53:02running.
00:53:02And it could be solution probably in two or three hours.
00:53:09It's like the worst section of road right here.
00:53:20Ew.
00:53:24You gotta be joking.
00:53:38It's always something.
00:53:40A flat tire.
00:53:42One of them days.
00:53:44Five miles from Duncan Creek, Bailey has blown a tire, delaying Rick from getting on Vegas Valley Gold.
00:53:54Oh, Bailey .
00:53:56What a .
00:53:58Now we're sitting on the side of the road instead of getting to Vegas Valley and getting the plant set
00:54:01up, so it just kind of sucks.
00:54:04All right, pit stop this .
00:54:05Get this changed and get the show moving.
00:54:07Let's go.
00:54:08Got a gun?
00:54:09Uh, yeah.
00:54:12Teamwork makes dream work.
00:54:18We're done.
00:54:19Nice.
00:54:20Let's get the out of here.
00:54:25Tire changed.
00:54:26The crew continue on to Vegas Valley.
00:54:29Let's unload this thing.
00:54:33Finally, we're here in Vegas Valley.
00:54:35We've got a pile of dirt sitting, waiting.
00:54:36This is the best dirt we've ever run.
00:54:39Bring down the pump.
00:54:40That's the last thing we need to get busher right up and running.
00:54:43Get up, fire it up, and that's it.
00:54:45We throw dirt at it.
00:54:46We get the gold.
00:54:52Perfect.
00:54:52That'll work.
00:54:53Everything right now really is riding on that repair of the water line.
00:54:56If these guys didn't get on there right, then, you know, it won't handle the pressure.
00:55:00We'll spring a leak, and then we gotta start over.
00:55:02That hole, we'll be losing here in an hour.
00:55:04It's all turned full circle here.
00:55:06We had a terrible start, but this is where it turns around.
00:55:10Put everything back together.
00:55:12Fire up.
00:55:13If we got no leaks, we roll.
00:55:14I like it.
00:55:19Hey, Ryan, you got a copy?
00:55:21We are ready.
00:55:22Just let it run at an idle, and then we'll bump it up from there.
00:55:25Okay, sounds good.
00:55:38We got water.
00:55:40We got water.
00:55:42We also have no leaks.
00:55:49Yeah, clamp looks good.
00:55:50I think we all feel pretty good up here that we got no leaks.
00:55:54Let's go.
00:55:58Here goes Kyle, first bugging.
00:56:06After months of struggles to get his water license, Rick is finally back running Vegas Valley Pay, the best ground
00:56:16he's ever mined.
00:56:18Rick figured we still had about 300 to 400 ounces sitting here from last year, so it's pretty exciting to
00:56:27finally get this through the plant.
00:56:28Who knows, there might be more.
00:56:31We're definitely behind.
00:56:32You know, we're starting a lot later than we should have on Vegas Valley.
00:56:36We know the gold's good here, so we got this pile to run, and hopefully there's 400 ounces in here
00:56:40that's going to give us a good boost.
00:56:41And pay Troy off the 100-ounce I owe him.
00:56:44Everybody's excited to be back, and so am I.
00:57:04We had some heavy mods done to Big Red. It was resurrected from the dead.
00:57:08So now Jordan's hauling Big Red up to the Golden Mile.
00:57:12100 miles west, Tyson's on a hustle to get a fourth wash plant sluicing.
00:57:18On its way to join sluicing on the double wash plant pad is Parker's workhorse, Big Red, and he wants
00:57:27it running by night shift.
00:57:30We need to be as fast as possible at setting stuff up.
00:57:34We've gotten sluicing for up.
00:57:36Now we need to get Big Red set up.
00:57:39Then it'll really start coming together here.
00:57:45**** yeah, man.
00:57:49Let's **** hook these things up.
00:57:52Get this **** off.
00:57:54Sorry.
00:57:58Take her away, T.
00:58:00Yank this **** thing off.
00:58:02Here goes nothing.
00:58:13A bit more.
00:58:19Good.
00:58:23Now we can drag Big Red in place.
00:58:27Just gonna get the plant in, the sluice runs in, and the radial stock are in.
00:58:31It's a complicated jigsaw puzzle here we're trying to make happen.
00:58:35So make sure we're putting all the right pieces into play when we need them.
00:58:40It's a solid wash plant.
00:58:41It's found us a lot of gold.
00:58:45There we go.
00:58:46I think Big Red's hungry.
00:58:49Big Red has been bringing in the ounces for over a decade.
00:58:55Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!
00:58:57That's it?
00:58:58Yeah.
00:58:58In its glory days, it ran up to 180 yards an hour.
00:59:04These sluice runs have seen better days.
00:59:07Walk forward just this latest bit, Eric.
00:59:11Whoa.
00:59:13Careful now.
00:59:15Perfect!
00:59:16Nice work, Alec.
00:59:19Okay, I think we got her.
00:59:20Big Red's sluice runs are set up.
00:59:22Let's get sluicing!
00:59:27Here comes some water.
00:59:32Let's get her back in action.
00:59:38First bucket.
00:59:41There she goes.
00:59:46Plant number four!
00:59:48We're on a roll here.
00:59:51Now we have a fighting chance at reaching 10,000 ounces.
00:59:55Here we go.
00:59:57Nearly halfway through his season,
00:59:59Parker's master plan for a $35 million gold haul
01:00:04is finally going full throttle.
01:00:07Four wash plants,
01:00:09sluicing an incredible 1,000 yards of pay dirt an hour.
01:00:14The most Parker has ever run.
01:00:18Feels really good to have Big Red going here, for sure.
01:00:21Pretty cool to see the double wash plant set up.
01:00:26Put the gold in Parker's water chest for him here.
01:00:51Oh, it blew a light.
01:00:52Oh, ****.
01:00:58Oh, ****.
01:01:04It blew a light.
01:01:12Ah!
01:01:23At the Golden Mile.
01:01:25What happened, Cody?
01:01:26Minutes after firing up,
01:01:29Big Red's main water line
01:01:31has ripped off.
01:01:33Oh, no!
01:01:39Why did this come off?
01:01:41It literally ran Big Red all last year.
01:01:45Yeah, Tyson, you're all good.
01:01:4610-4.
01:01:50Nothing to do but to hook it back up and try again, I guess.
01:01:57I'll get a rod, we'll put that in there.
01:02:00I hope that doesn't happen again.
01:02:06So if you want to be certain that water line does not come off anymore,
01:02:11some old welding rods.
01:02:12It's going to be my little makeshift safety
01:02:14to hold this water line together.
01:02:21There.
01:02:22That little guy will keep our handle from coming off.
01:02:25Our fancy welding rod here, holding it in.
01:02:29With Alec's pin keeping the water line in place,
01:02:32he can now clear out the blocked pre-wash.
01:02:40Everything's back running here, so get some more dirt in her
01:02:43and hopefully keep her going.
01:02:53It's a nice setup.
01:02:58Do you have any big concerns?
01:03:00No.
01:03:01Big.
01:03:04Sorry.
01:03:05You have a lot more reason to be tired than I do.
01:03:09Good job, man. Looks good.
01:03:10Thanks to everybody.
01:03:13So much work.
01:03:15Like, you can take a few days.
01:03:17Thanks, man.
01:03:18See you later.
01:03:19See you, dude.
01:03:21Tyson's a bulldog.
01:03:22He's incredibly effective.
01:03:24This has been a big move,
01:03:26and it's just hard to coordinate all of the moving parts.
01:03:30It's nice to have guys that can just get the job done.
01:03:33It's four plants.
01:03:34We're cranking through the dirt, so that's what matters.
01:03:37And we'll see if we can keep up with them.
01:04:02Well, what do you think, Jeff?
01:04:04She's ready to go.
01:04:06Tony's new wash plant is finally assembled,
01:04:09and he's a step closer to having two wash plants
01:04:13catching gold on Indian River.
01:04:15The last thing is hand you the keys to your new sports car.
01:04:19Good.
01:04:20It's the name. Have you seen it yet?
01:04:21Pretty cool.
01:04:23Find a lot.
01:04:24Find a lot.
01:04:25I like it.
01:04:25We got one up top, two for you.
01:04:27I see.
01:04:28Good, good, good.
01:04:29Nice.
01:04:34I can't wait to see this one going.
01:04:36Like they say, double the gravel, double the gold.
01:04:39Hi.
01:04:47We don't have to go far with this wash plant,
01:04:50but the biggest challenge will be getting up that hill.
01:04:53If that has to be solid enough, it's going to be steep,
01:04:58but as long as it's solid and I keep traction,
01:05:00then we should be good on that one.
01:05:03Cousin Mike needs to haul the new plant 650 feet
01:05:08onto a tight double plant pad, avoiding sluice-a-lot,
01:05:13then turn it 180 degrees.
01:05:31My job is to get this plant in place, do one piece,
01:05:35hook it up, start sluicing, and then keep sluicing.
01:05:53I'm going to keep turning this wash plant without detesting it.
01:05:58It'll be a perfect turn and it'll end up straight towards the edge
01:06:03and then we'll push it as far to the edge as we want it.
01:06:11And then we can start hooking up pipes.
01:06:17Whoa!
01:06:20Holy .
01:06:24Right in my way.
01:06:26What the ?
01:06:31We've got to be careful with that.
01:06:34I almost swung my bucket into the conveyor belt
01:06:37because I didn't realize how close he was getting.
01:06:41It's pretty chaotic down here.
01:06:49They never want to hit anything doing plant moves.
01:06:53And that would be the biggest up ever.
01:06:57Good.
01:06:58Same place.
01:06:59I think that went very well.
01:07:08The final task to get find-a-lot on the gold is to connect water to the plant.
01:07:21How are you going to sneak it in there?
01:07:28No.
01:07:29It'll never work like that.
01:07:32Sluicelot sits directly in the path of the new water pipe.
01:07:36The way it's sitting right now, we don't have enough room.
01:07:40Damn it.
01:07:53No.
01:07:54It'll never work like that.
01:07:57At Indian River, Tony is racing to get his second wash plant fired up.
01:08:02But he has a problem with connecting find-a-lot to the water line.
01:08:07Come up and do it.
01:08:08We're going to lift it up a bit.
01:08:10And now we'll pull it from the other side.
01:08:12Yeah.
01:08:13That's okay.
01:08:15We've got to lift up Sluicelot.
01:08:17We've got to shut Sluicelot down for a couple of minutes.
01:08:20Lift it up.
01:08:21Do we want to go through the frame of the wash plant?
01:08:24Okay.
01:08:25And then we can fire that plant up.
01:08:41Sluicelot's built-in hydraulic jacks lift the wash plant.
01:08:48Giving Tony a tight gap to slide find-a-lot's new water pipe through the frame.
01:08:56Put that cable.
01:08:58Get that cable out of there.
01:09:03Swing it in.
01:09:04Bingo.
01:09:13This pipe is awesome.
01:09:15Hook it up to the pump and we'll shoot that water.
01:09:29All right.
01:09:30So pipes are hooked up.
01:09:31We've got water.
01:09:32We have pay over here.
01:09:33Excavator operator.
01:09:35So we are ready to get some gold.
01:09:39Fire up.
01:09:39Let's make some money.
01:09:40Let's get some gold out of that thing.
01:09:42All right.
01:09:43All right.
01:09:44To us, one side for side.
01:09:45Let's do this.
01:10:18Anyway, were you guys in the boat running?
01:10:21I think so.
01:10:22I think so?
01:10:23I think you should buy one more.
01:10:25Sure.
01:10:26Right?
01:10:26Why not?
01:10:27Why not?
01:10:28Why don't you go talk to your auntie?
01:10:30Yeah, I want the wash plant too.
01:10:34Well, it would be nice to see them both run, so the double production, that would be nice.
01:10:42For the first time this season, Tony's running two wash plants at Indian River.
01:10:48And with the gold his claim is delivering this year, it could be a record haul.
01:10:55There's no nicer sight than have a couple of smooth plants side by side, just banging away washing gravel.
01:11:02Life is pretty damn good.
01:11:19Ready?
01:11:21Check it out.
01:11:24Well, B, this is where we get gold.
01:11:27After a long week, Mechanic Ryan has some welcome visitors.
01:11:32Wife, Rachel, and daughter, Brindley.
01:11:35What do you think?
01:11:36I like it.
01:11:37You like it?
01:11:38You want one at home?
01:11:39No.
01:11:40Ah, okay.
01:11:40Too much work.
01:11:41Well, let's go check it out.
01:11:44This is where we get our smaller gold.
01:11:47That little box right there is called the nugget box, and that's where we try to get big pieces
01:11:52of gold.
01:11:53When the plant's shutting down, you'll see the sluice runs basically are just packed full
01:11:57of gold.
01:11:58We'll see if I can find a little bit in here.
01:12:01Doesn't look like much, does it?
01:12:03That's what pays our bills.
01:12:05It's all a little gold in there.
01:12:07Pretty cool, huh?
01:12:08Mm-hmm.
01:12:09Let's put it back in there.
01:12:11You guys want to go inside and get something to drink?
01:12:12Yeah.
01:12:18So, how are things at home?
01:12:21Ah, same old, same old.
01:12:23Every day, I just feel like I'm a single woman back home.
01:12:28You can just do everything just without you, so it sucks.
01:12:32I mean, there's no easy way to put it.
01:12:35You know me, I need to vent to somebody, and I just don't have that.
01:12:38So, it's nice to get up here and see you.
01:12:45You guys do a huge sacrifice for me.
01:12:48Yeah.
01:12:48Yeah, I really appreciate it.
01:12:50Yeah.
01:12:53It's tough.
01:12:54You're letting me live an opportunity, and hopefully I can repay that.
01:12:57Yeah.
01:12:58Yeah.
01:13:01What's all this?
01:13:03Hello.
01:13:04Hi.
01:13:05How was your trip?
01:13:06Long.
01:13:06Yeah, it's for you.
01:13:07Very long.
01:13:09We are doing a Gold Waze.
01:13:11Are you guys going to come in and check it out?
01:13:12Sure.
01:13:12Come on in.
01:13:15Oh, hey, guys.
01:13:16Hi.
01:13:17Nice to meet you.
01:13:18Hi.
01:13:19Nice to meet you.
01:13:19This is Rachel.
01:13:20Hello.
01:13:21Nice to meet you.
01:13:22We're excited to be here.
01:13:23I don't think we ever invite anybody to our Gold Waze.
01:13:26This was new.
01:13:27You're special, B.
01:13:29Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm happy to be back where we belong here.
01:13:33Vex Valley, right?
01:13:35Can't wait to see what kind of gold we're going to get.
01:13:36Hopefully it's good.
01:13:37You guys worked hard on it, and we've got 40 hours of runtime on it.
01:13:40So this is the first Gold Waze from Vegas Valley.
01:13:42You want Kyle?
01:13:43Nope.
01:13:44Hey, make sure you say it loud.
01:13:45Kyle can't even count.
01:13:46Yeah.
01:13:48Monster Red was running for three days at Vegas Valley.
01:13:53Ready?
01:13:54Get it.
01:13:54To pay Troy Taylor off for Lightning Creek, Rick needs 100 ounces.
01:14:0340, 60, 70, 80, 83, 84, 100, 109.94.
01:14:15Worth over $380,000.
01:14:19Nice job, B.
01:14:21Now just go put that in the bedroom.
01:14:26Dude, that's starting to look more like a Gold Waze.
01:14:27We've got more than what we've got all season.
01:14:29Yeah.
01:14:30Unfortunately, it's got to all go to Troy.
01:14:32I owe them 100 ounces out of that, and then we own that ground.
01:14:35And good thing we've got more left of that pile.
01:14:37We should be able to do another one of those at least next week, and that's a good start towards
01:14:41our goal.
01:14:41You know what I mean?
01:14:41We've got a lot of dirt to move, a lot of ground to make up.
01:14:44You guys ready for it?
01:14:45Okay.
01:14:47Hell yeah.
01:14:48Cheers.
01:14:49All right.
01:14:49Hopefully the first of many.
01:14:51Yeah.
01:14:52Well, it's good to get the first Gold Way out of Vegas Valley, but we've got a hell of a
01:14:56lot more to go, so I know everybody's excited.
01:14:58All we've got to do is work for it, and we'll get it.
01:15:15Hello, I come bearing gifts.
01:15:17That takes four people to do that?
01:15:18I'm the only one caring.
01:15:20S***.
01:15:22Anyways, how is it going on in the Indian?
01:15:25Yeah, we've got a new plan there, right, Mike?
01:15:28Yeah, it looks good, and it's nice.
01:15:30It's a nice setup.
01:15:32So, I guess we only got gold from Slusselot and Find-A-Lot.
01:15:37Slusselot and Find-A-Lot.
01:15:38So far, Tony's one Indian River wash plant has been averaging 300 ounces a week.
01:15:46By adding a new wash plant, he's hoping to double his weekly score.
01:15:52Okay.
01:15:53Okay, let's pour it.
01:15:54Let's do it.
01:15:55First up, Find-A-Lot's two-day run in the new River Cut.
01:16:00All right.
01:16:03Five, ten, fifteen, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, oop, eighty-four point-eight-six.
01:16:17Worth almost $300,000.
01:16:21That's not bad.
01:16:25Next, Slusselot's gold from three days in the River Cut.
01:16:30It's ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred ten, hundred twenty, four point-eight-two.
01:16:41Worth over $435,000.
01:17:11Not bad for an old guy, huh?
01:17:13Yay!
01:17:14And that's three days, so that's not bad.
01:17:16That's not bad at all.
01:17:18All right.
01:17:18So what bet is I put you on your season total?
01:17:21Thirty to eighty is halfway his goal with just one plant in it.
01:17:25Pretty good, isn't it?
01:17:26You might have to up your goal for the year.
01:17:30I can up my spending, too.
01:17:33Tony's weekly total is worth over $1.3 million, enough to cover the cost of his new wash plant.
01:17:41And now he's primed to double his gold.
01:17:45I'll take that any time, any day.
01:17:47Well, you keep saying you're taking it, but it's all mine.
01:17:50Duh.
01:17:51See, but I'll spend it.
01:17:53Need help?
01:17:54No.
01:17:55But we can get rid of it together, Mike.
01:17:57No, no, no.
01:18:12Hey, guys.
01:18:12How's it going?
01:18:13Hey, guys.
01:18:14How you doing?
01:18:14Not too bad.
01:18:15Good, good, good.
01:18:17It's good to see you guys.
01:18:18I haven't been here in a while.
01:18:19Yeah, we just finished the pyramid cut.
01:18:22Good.
01:18:22So now Kev went to look for a new cut, named it the Sphinx cut.
01:18:27The what cut?
01:18:28Sphinx.
01:18:29Oh.
01:18:31That dozer that we bought for you worked very well?
01:18:34Well, it's not a bad cut, you see.
01:18:37But anyways, it worked out for you, buying our cut, so.
01:18:41It's right down, actually, in the cut right now, the Sphinx cut clearing out the first top layer.
01:18:46You got some gold this time?
01:18:47To pay off Tony's D10 dozer, Kevin and Faith need 120 ounces.
01:18:54But so far, they've averaged just 21 ounces a week.
01:19:00Let's weigh it up.
01:19:0420, 40, 60, 70, 90, 110, 130, 142, 142.22.
01:19:19Worth just under half a million dollars.
01:19:23Biggest gold weight yet this year.
01:19:26So where are you now with your gold weights?
01:19:28So far, we have roughly around 330 ounces.
01:19:32Hopefully, we can catch up so that we can get to our 2,000 in gold.
01:19:36Better do some digging.
01:19:37And washing.
01:19:39Well, then, we're off.
01:19:40We're out of here.
01:19:42Good luck, guys.
01:19:43See you guys later.
01:19:43See you.
01:19:46Still a long way to 2,000 ounces, but I'm feeling a lot better than I was.
01:19:51Yeah.
01:19:51Though we do have a long way to go, so we should probably get back to her.
01:19:55Allons-in.
01:19:56Go find a hot spot for me.
01:19:57I will try.
01:20:11Oh, yeah.
01:20:12No worries.
01:20:14Hey, hey.
01:20:15Hi.
01:20:15It's time for Parker's first ever four-plant gold weight.
01:20:21Dude, it sounds like you had a busy week.
01:20:22Two wash plant moves?
01:20:23Yeah, it's a tiring week, man.
01:20:25That's brutal.
01:20:26Cool seeing both of them side by side again.
01:20:29It's nice to have the mayhem contained to one place.
01:20:32Yeah.
01:20:33Hopefully, it paid off.
01:20:35We'll work our way to that one.
01:20:37Yeah.
01:20:39Well, Roxanne's performing well.
01:20:41That's good.
01:20:41Takes a big thermos.
01:20:43All right.
01:20:43Let's do it.
01:20:44First up, Roxanne, foreman Mitch's plant that ran for seven days at Ken and Stewart's.
01:20:5180, 140, 180, 198.3 there.
01:20:59A whole bunch of nuggets.
01:21:01Chunky ground.
01:21:02Just came out of that thing.
01:21:04No way.
01:21:06Wow.
01:21:08Am I good at stripping cuts.
01:21:11So that brings us to a total of 204.2.
01:21:14Wow.
01:21:15Worth over $700,000.
01:21:18Nice.
01:21:19That's sick.
01:21:20That's something.
01:21:21Those are some nice nuggets, too.
01:21:23Yeah.
01:21:23Yeah.
01:21:25Because we got Bob here.
01:21:27Big Bob.
01:21:29Next, wash plant Bob, the first of three wash plants under Tyson's charge.
01:21:35Let's see how the bridge cut did.
01:21:3920, 40, 80, 120, 160, 180, 200, 229.65.
01:21:51Worth over $800,000.
01:21:56Nice.
01:21:56Solid.
01:21:58Yeah.
01:21:59We got slucifer.
01:22:00Let's see how it did.
01:22:01Next up, slucifer.
01:22:03Fired up in its new position in the Golden Mile three days ago.
01:22:08100, 120, 140, 170, 174.85.
01:22:17Worth nearly $600,000.
01:22:21Sweet.
01:22:23Big Red's first gold of the season.
01:22:25That's a little.
01:22:26Seems a little light, doom it.
01:22:28Finally, Parker's fourth wash plant, resurrected Big Red, which ran pay from the Golden Mile for just over a day.
01:22:3640, 60, 61.15.
01:22:44Worth $200,000.
01:22:47That's not bad for the short amount of time it was running.
01:22:50No, really not.
01:22:52We've never ran four plants before, so that's cool.
01:22:55Last week, we had 710 and a half ounces.
01:22:59This week, with four wash plants going, we have 669.85.
01:23:06We're halfway through the season, and right now we're at 4,921 and a half ounces.
01:23:11Parker's four wash plants have produced $2.3 million worth of gold in one week.
01:23:20Well, hopefully next week, after they spend more time running and less time getting moved, those numbers will increase.
01:23:26Perfect.
01:23:26Thank you, guys.
01:23:28Yeah, buddy.
01:23:31You know, four plants go in here at Dominion, which is great, and we're halfway to our season goal, but
01:23:37man, am I tired.
01:23:38I need some sleep.
01:23:40Good to close up.
01:23:41Good to close up.
01:23:43Good to close up.
01:23:45Good to close up.
01:23:46Good to close up.
01:23:46Good to close up.
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