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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.
00:14:41You'll be ready to go.
00:14:43Let's go.
00:14:43Let's go.
00:14:43I'm ready to go.
00:14:45I'm ready to go.
00:14:51Yo.
00:14:52Joy.
00:14:54Kiss here.
00:14:56Wanted to check you in with you, it's been a while.
00:14:59We're approaching mid-season.
00:15:01Got that 100 ounce deal.
00:15:03I'm not a bank.
00:15:05I'm a businessman.
00:15:07And he's the money.
00:15:08Yep.
00:15:11Rick Ness is two weeks late paying landlord Troy Taylor a final $350,000 gold payment to buy ground on
00:15:22Lightning Creek.
00:15:23I didn't see any activity there at Lightning, so I wondered what was going on there.
00:15:31Lightning Creek started off kind of slow.
00:15:34We got the license extension for the year to Vegas Valley.
00:15:39I got to put my resources where I know I'm going to get the most gold.
00:15:43With the gold sitting here that we know is here, we kind of got to jump on that.
00:15:47You don't really care where the gold comes from, do you?
00:15:50As long as we get that gold in my pocket.
00:15:53I'll have it to you by the end of the week.
00:15:54I have no surprises or anything.
00:15:56No surprises.
00:15:57Only surprise will be more gold.
00:15:59Yeah?
00:15:59Yeah.
00:16:02Well, Troy wants his money.
00:16:04I get it.
00:16:04You know, he says he's got a lot of money going out and not a lot coming in.
00:16:07Same here.
00:16:08Got a lot going out and not a lot coming in.
00:16:21It's been a roller coaster, if there ever was, one of a year.
00:16:24And we started the season off with no water license, nowhere to mine.
00:16:28Ended up taking a huge gamble and a big chunk of ground in Lightning Creek and going back in debt.
00:16:32And for the work that we've done there, there really hasn't been much gold.
00:16:37And that's wearing on everybody, especially me.
00:16:39But now, out of the blue, we get a water license here at Vegas Valley.
00:16:44And we're not prepared for it, but the hell yeah, we're coming back to it.
00:16:47We know the gold's there.
00:16:48We're going to go get it.
00:16:50To get Troy 100 ounces by the end of the week, Rick plans to run a stockpile of Vegas Valley
00:16:57pay left over from last season.
00:17:00You know, we've got a pile of pay sitting there ready to run.
00:17:04But our wash plan's not ready.
00:17:06Monster Red needs some work.
00:17:08We just haven't gotten around to fixing it because we didn't know if we'd even be able to use it
00:17:11this year.
00:17:13There's water pouring out from the backside of the feeder.
00:17:16Last season.
00:17:18Water line.
00:17:19Monster Red's main water line sprung a massive leak.
00:17:24You're not going to like what you see.
00:17:25It's big. It's like half the pipe.
00:17:27This obviously got caught by the bucket.
00:17:29The line should have never been there.
00:17:34Water line's in a spot right behind the feeder.
00:17:37Right behind the grizzlies where boulders the size of small cars are coming off of.
00:17:42Rick's tasked mechanic Ryan Kent and his crew to cut out the damaged area of pipe, pull both ends together
00:17:50and clamp it back in place.
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 put those together.
00:17:58I hate doing that band-aid, but we're out of time for this season, so we just can't run the
00:18:03plant until it's done.
00:18:04So, yeah, well, I'll get the 460 over and let's hammer it out.
00:18:09It just makes sense to come back here.
00:18:11We got a monster pile of pay right there that would give us a boost through the season.
00:18:17Problem is, we're short on time.
00:18:19Gold's still owed to Troy, so it's going to be a patch job.
00:18:23Honestly, if we needed it run and pay, be careful.
00:18:28We are right on the edge of that feeder.
00:18:32We don't want to take too much away from this edge right here and weaken the bank.
00:18:36Otherwise, we're going to end up losing the feeder.
00:18:42I just need to get this rack out.
00:18:45You feel good about cutting right there?
00:18:47Yeah, that's fine.
00:18:48All right.
00:18:51Make sure you yell timber.
00:18:53Timber!
00:19:04That's good.
00:19:05That'll do.
00:19:06I might be able to pull from right here.
00:19:08Yeah, that's right.
00:19:09Right where I'm at.
00:19:09We don't have to completely uncover it.
00:19:11Just loosen it so we can pull it.
00:19:13We are going to pull it about a foot closer or so.
00:19:17We can get our new connection put in.
00:19:26Should we try going this way?
00:19:32Oh !
00:19:35Or why is it bent weird like that?
00:19:39Oh, that definitely has a crack right there.
00:19:43There's a big hole in there.
00:19:44Oh !
00:19:48We got to undig the whole thing.
00:19:52This is going to be a pain in the ass.
00:19:55Ryan's attempted quick fix has created a bigger hole.
00:19:59Now, they need to dig up the entire 200 foot long pipe to make the repair.
00:20:06We're only going down inches at a time here.
00:20:09We've only got one clamp to make this work.
00:20:11Last thing we want to do is put another hole in a piece of pipe.
00:20:14See, once it's pulled out and exposed, we'll pull it so we can get our new connection put in.
00:20:20That's it right there.
00:20:33Ah, this mess.
00:20:34This mess.
00:20:35That's how it was buried?
00:20:37Yeah.
00:20:37So, from the beginning, this was amateur hour when it was put in.
00:20:41Yeah.
00:20:42Yeah, that's bad.
00:20:46To the end of the day, it's not exactly tricky.
00:20:50You've just got to get it right.
00:20:51I mean, the hardest part is getting the two ends to line up.
00:20:55That was close, right?
00:20:57We're touching.
00:20:58Once it's close enough, clamp it, then it's good.
00:21:02I'm not too happy about leaving the water line where it is.
00:21:05That's why it got damaged in the first place.
00:21:06But, unfortunately, we just don't have the time to move everything.
00:21:09So, we're just going to cut some corners, unfortunately, and have to be extra careful to make it work.
00:21:13And by doing that, we're going to be able to save a week's worth of solution.
00:21:18I think we're good.
00:21:19That's thin.
00:21:20Yeah, it closed right up.
00:21:21I want everybody to take pictures of where it's at so they remember.
00:21:25We got the water line fixed.
00:21:27A bit of a pain in the ass, but we got it done.
00:21:29The next step is to get the water pump down to Lightning Creek, because we don't know if it's going
00:21:33to hold until we put pressure on it.
00:21:34So, we get that all hooked up.
00:21:36And if it holds, we're in good shape.
00:21:37We can run Monster Red.
00:21:55I think this might be the last load of hay for the permaculture.
00:22:07Hey, Kevin, you got a copy?
00:22:09We just dumped the last load of pay from the pyramid cut there.
00:22:13The pay pile looks big, but she won't last that long.
00:22:17We've really got to crack into that new ground and start hauling pay as soon as possible.
00:22:25So, we got the pyramid cut open and we're running that pay, but that is going to run out soon.
00:22:33So, right now, I'm off to go look where we're going to start stripping next.
00:22:37While his dad, Tony, expands his empire, Kevin Beetz is struggling to stay in the game.
00:22:45Nearly halfway through 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.
00:23:01It's making me a little hesitant about a 2,000-ounce gold.
00:23:04We're not hurting yet, but it's definitely not great.
00:23:06So, we're going to have to speed up, be more efficient.
00:23:10And the new cut, once we get into there, we're going to have to open it up pretty quick.
00:23:14Otherwise, we're going to have no pay to run, which means no gold in the box.
00:23:17Which means no money coming in, which means no bills being paid.
00:23:22So, better pick and ride, I guess.
00:23:36So, we just have to figure out what is going to be the quickest, easiest, fastest options.
00:23:43There's only so many of those that we got to pick from, given what claims we have.
00:23:47So, over the years, I just kind of picked up from Tony what to look for.
00:23:51Because doing it for a quarter of a century, you're just naturally going to learn some .
00:23:56Kevin has identified a block of ground 500 feet north of his wash plant setup.
00:24:06Hmm.
00:24:09This spot would probably be it, honestly.
00:24:11It's in the valley.
00:24:13Relatively flat.
00:24:15Really accessible, because our plant is just down the way.
00:24:18I did do some test holes last year, year before.
00:24:22And I got 15 feet down a thaw.
00:24:24That's pretty good.
00:24:27That's something we can work with.
00:24:30This next cut is going to be a big decision, because I hope it's going to take us through the
00:24:34end of the season.
00:24:36So, I really do hope that it's going to pay out.
00:24:40I think we're going to call it the Sphinx Cut.
00:24:48At Scribner Creek, Kevin has spent nearly 10 weeks mining out the three-acre pyramid cut, and now has just
00:24:57a stockpile left to run.
00:24:59500 feet up the valley is his new seven-acre Sphinx Cut.
00:25:05He needs it ripped, stripped, and down to pay in the first section, before his stockpile runs out in a
00:25:13week's time.
00:25:20With no time to waste, Kevin sends in operator Tyler Potter in his biggest dirt mover, the D10 Dozer.
00:25:46Oh, that's not good.
00:25:48It's starting to overheat.
00:25:49I'm not even at the end of the driveway.
00:25:58Yeah, this is... this isn't good.
00:26:02This is not good.
00:26:19Kevin, do you copy? Kevin, do you copy?
00:26:22Go for Kevin.
00:26:24Oh, I just made it past the gate, and this dozer is already overheating.
00:26:30Well...
00:26:31All right, I will come have a quick look.
00:26:34Yeah.
00:26:34On board, thanks.
00:26:35At Scribner Creek, Kevin Beetz is racing to open up new ground before his pay runs out, but his only
00:26:45dozer hasn't even made it out of the yard.
00:26:49It is getting warmer already.
00:26:52.
00:26:54Okay, let me go have a look.
00:26:56All right.
00:27:11Okay.
00:27:13Not the most scientific, but something's not cooling.
00:27:16No.
00:27:16So it has to be something in the system.
00:27:18Yeah.
00:27:18Something internal.
00:27:20So basically, this thing is going to have to sit until we can fix that, because there's no...
00:27:25Yeah.
00:27:25Like, if you can't make it the out of the driveway, it's not going to push the cut worth of
00:27:28.
00:27:29Yeah.
00:27:30All right.
00:27:31If I can get you to just babysit it, let it cool down, try to limp it back to the
00:27:34yard, I'll go talk to Faith about trying to find an alternate dozer, I guess.
00:27:39Sounds good.
00:27:40All right.
00:27:53Hey, Gab.
00:27:55Hey, Faith.
00:27:58The dozer is overheating, the D10.
00:28:02I think we need to get one of our own, something a little newer.
00:28:07Okay.
00:28:08All right.
00:28:09Uh, there's a couple places we can shop for.
00:28:13And we do need it here ASAP.
00:28:19Um, even just looking at our current options here, getting it from the States is going to take weeks.
00:28:29Ugh.
00:28:30And Alberta is going to be at least two weeks at best.
00:28:33Yeah.
00:28:35I don't think we can wait the two weeks, honestly.
00:28:37If we wanted it yesterday, I would suggest we start looking local.
00:28:43Okay.
00:28:44You have possibly Parker, maybe?
00:28:47Maybe.
00:28:48That we could ask.
00:28:49Tony.
00:28:54Having Tony give you something, it's always a load of dice.
00:28:57Just time to roll the dice.
00:29:04Well, we're kind of stuck in a rock in a hard place right now.
00:29:08Yeah.
00:29:09We really need a large dozer real soon.
00:29:14Yeah.
00:29:16I don't know.
00:29:19Okay.
00:29:20I'll see what I can do.
00:29:41It's Lucifer's done.
00:29:43It's down to pay.
00:29:46We got our wash plant pad built.
00:29:49Right now, we're ready to drag Lucifer over to the Golden Mile.
00:29:54Once we get Lucifer up and going, then we can put all our focus into moving big red.
00:30:02There's 24 hours in the day.
00:30:04Zero of them are meant for sleep.
00:30:08After 10 weeks of mining, it's finally time for Parker's four wash plant master plan to come to life.
00:30:17You go boom up and curl in.
00:30:19And for foreman Tyson Lee, that means it's double plant move day.
00:30:24Okay.
00:30:25You're good.
00:30:26First up, Lucifer.
00:30:28All righty.
00:30:30Here we go.
00:30:36Tyson 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.
00:30:51We're just taking it nice and slow and steady here.
00:30:54If 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 to Lucifer.
00:31:19I don't know what your thoughts are, Liam.
00:31:23This 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.
00:31:32Hey, 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 a wash plant with the 950, so let's see what it's got.
00:32:25Oh, like nothing. Look at this.
00:32:31Making 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 and a hell of a lot faster.
00:32:46Parker isn't messing around this year. He wants 10,000 ounces.
00:32:50We'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 Lucifer into place.
00:33:04Now it's time to go get the super stacker in.
00:33:08To make his four-plant setup possible, Parker has spent $175,000 on a second-hand super stacker.
00:33:18We've never used it before, so hopefully it works because we're relying on it.
00:33:34Are we looking on the plant? Try 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.
00:33:57Pads 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.
00:34:13At 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, we're having to modify the dirt here to make
00:34:30this pad work.
00:34:33Days like yesterday go so fast and then days like today, it's like putting in one piece can take a
00:34:37whole day.
00:34:41I almost feel sick. I'm so tired.
00:34:51That looks good.
00:34:52And we're ready to pull.
00:34:53Sounds good.
00:34:57Well here we go.
00:34:59Thought 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, Slucifer and its conveyors are finally in place.
00:35:29But Tyson still needs to set up the water line and pump before firing up and moving on to Big
00:35:36Red.
00:35:38Hi.
00:35:39I figured 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 at .
00:35:47Yeah for sure.
00:35:47If it's not close, don't fight it.
00:35:50They don't even have a pump in and like.
00:35:52No yeah for sure.
00:35:53Like I think like don't try to stay up.
00:35:55Like they've been falling late nights.
00:35:57Yeah for sure.
00:35:58It might be best to just like.
00:36:00Call her and stuff.
00:36:01Like have everybody get a good night's sleep.
00:36:04Yeah.
00:36:05Yeah.
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.
00:36:27Oh thanks.
00:36:28Long week.
00:36:29Tiring week.
00:36:30Back at camp.
00:36:31Tyson meets up with girlfriend.
00:36:33India Greenhoush.
00:36:35Trying to keep up to Parker.
00:36:37That's killing me.
00:36:40Like last year I was telling him.
00:36:41Are we going to ever run four wash plants.
00:36:43And he said never.
00:36:44We'll never run four wash plants.
00:36:46Now is the time.
00:36:47Gold prices are high.
00:36:49He has the plants.
00:36:50He has the feeders.
00:36:51He 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 how are you going to 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 going to be able to carry on.
00:37:10The way that you have been this year.
00:37:13I don't know.
00:37:33I'm asleep.
00:37:34Wake up.
00:37:35Do it again.
00:37:39That should be good there Tyson.
00:37:41Okay.
00:37:41Parker's foreman.
00:37:42Tyson Lee.
00:37:44Is back at work.
00:37:45Setting up Slucifer in the Golden Mile.
00:37:48Before bringing in wash plant.
00:37:50Big Red.
00:37:51There's still a lot of work to be done here.
00:37:53But some day at a time.
00:37:55We'll get her.
00:37:56We got to get the pipeline hooked up.
00:37:58Just put it in the feeder.
00:37:59Flip it over.
00:38:02Love it.
00:38:03Fresh set up.
00:38:05Definitely 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.
00:38:29We're sluicing.
00:38:30We're back to making money.
00:38:31We're one more step in the right direction here.
00:38:34Slucifer's up and running in the Golden Mile.
00:38:36But I can't wait to have two wash plants here.
00:38:39Running this feeder.
00:38:41Because this is some good material we're running here.
00:38:44And this is what we need.
00:38:45To get 10,000 ounces.
00:38:47Looks good.
00:38:48Yeah.
00:38:48Nice work man.
00:38:49Good work.
00:38:50I'll be back.
00:38:55I'll be back.
00:38:56Feels good to have one wash plant up and running.
00:38:58But now it's on to Big Red.
00:39:02Here comes Parker.
00:39:05Hi.
00:39:07How about you?
00:39:08Hello.
00:39:08Just wanted to come check out how things are going.
00:39:11How is all your people?
00:39:13Good.
00:39:13Yeah.
00:39:14They got an actual night's sleep yesterday.
00:39:16Yeah.
00:39:17We're just trying to probably spend the last bit of the day with Slucifer here.
00:39:23And then hopefully tomorrow Big Reds are running too.
00:39:26Hopefully.
00:39:27But good 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.
00:39:41Thanks45x Prosì œë¥¼ DC,JWТ
00:39:52.
00:40:00The new plant is taking shape.
00:40:03So we got to go and sluice a lot and 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.
00:45:48Let's get away.
00:45:49We've got this one back up and running.
00:45:51It'll be nice to see the other sluice bucks up and going.
00:45:54And we'll have two on the go.
00:45:56It's looking great.
00:45:57Now, we've got to go find a place for the other sluice bucks.
00:46:01Once you see them two wash plants together running, you hear them rocks rattling away?
00:46:06Is the sound of making money to me?
00:46:08Perfect.
00:46:09Perfect.
00:46:22When you buy equipment that is used, you're rolling the dice.
00:46:27But we need that.
00:46:29Those are A-S-A-P.
00:46:31Under pressure to open up his new cut before his pay runs out,
00:46:36Kevin 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 it.
00:46:48A good deal would be anywhere 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.
00:47:10Yeah.
00:47:23Hey, Kevin, how's it going?
00:47:25Not too bad.
00:47:28Keeping busy over there?
00:47:29Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:47:31Yeah, yeah.
00:47:32But dozers all blown out.
00:47:33All right.
00:47:34Gonna 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?
00:47:58Or how old the machine is?
00:47:59Oh, I 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.
00:48:39But I'd probably be foolish not to buy this machine.
00:48:42So, if the price is reasonable,
00:48:46Yeah.
00:48:46I'll have to grab it.
00:48:54What price are we thinking for it?
00:48:56Well, I mean, what the ?
00:48:57Make me a .
00:48:58Right?
00:49:01Well, it does have the thin tracks.
00:49:03Like.
00:49:04Yeah, that .
00:49:06Well, yeah.
00:49:06Give me a price.
00:49:08.
00:49:09Hmm.
00:49:12$450,000, give or take.
00:49:14$450,000.
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,
00:49:36he can start buying decent equipment.
00:49:38I mean, if he does that well,
00:49:41that 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,
00:49:53but I think it's going to be a good 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 , my problems, my successes, as I like to say.
00:50:08Six hours after doing the deal, Kevin has his new D-10 dozer back at his yard and ready to
00:50:15get to work.
00:50:23Hey, Daler.
00:50:24Hey, Kevin.
00:50:25The dozer that we bought off of Tony, the D-10R.
00:50:28All right.
00:50:29You 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 crunch time right now.
00:51:02Our big pay pile is definitely dwindling down.
00:51:05So I've got to get this thing into the cut, get her opened up and start ripping some pay
00:51:09so we can start getting another mountain of money going.
00:51:15400K.
00:51:15There's still a huge chunk of change for the dozer.
00:51:18But if you need it, you need it.
00:51:23Nice.
00:51:23Good to get this down to the kettle.
00:51:48This pumper right now is what's going to feed Monster Red.
00:51:51If we don't have a pump on Monster Red, we 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 is going to be slick.
00:52:11It's raining.
00:52:11You know, you damage a pump on a haul 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.
00:52:18The water pump Rick needs to feed water to Monster Red is at his Lightning Creek claim.
00:52:24Now, 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.
00:52:40Yeah.
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.
00:52:59The pump is the last piece of the puzzle to get Monster Red running.
00:53:03And it could be solution probably in two or three hours.
00:53:09It's like the worst section of road right here.
00:53:20Good.
00:53:24You got to 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's.
00:53:50from 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
00:54:01and getting the plant set up, 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.
00:54:24Tire 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.
00:54:36It's sort of 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, we get the gold.
00:54:51Perfect.
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 got to start over.
00:55:02That hole, we'll be solution 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, fire 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.
00:55:39We got water.
00:55:40You got water?
00:55:41Yeah.
00:55:42We also have no leaks.
00:55:49Yeah, clamp looks good.
00:55:51I think we all feel pretty good up here that we got no leaks.
00:55:54Let's go.
00:55:58Here goes Kyle.
00:56:00Here goes Kyle.
00:56:00First bucket.
00:56:06After months of struggles to get his water license, Rick is finally back running Vegas
00:56:13Valley Pay, the best ground he's ever mined.
00:56:18Rick figured we still had about 300 to 400 ounces sitting here from last year, so it's pretty
00:56:25exciting to finally get this through the plant.
00:56:28Who knows?
00:56:29There might be more.
00:56:31We're definitely behind.
00:56:32We're starting a lot later than we should have on Vegas Valley.
00:56:35We know the gold's good here, so we got this pile to run.
00:56:38And over there's 400 ounces in here.
00:56:40It'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.
00:57:07It was resurrected from the dead.
00:57:08So now Jordan's hauling Big Red up to the Golden Mile.
00:57:11100 miles west, Tyson's on a hustle to get a fourth washplant sluicing.
00:57:19On its way to join Slucifer on the double washplant pad is Parker's workhorse, Big Red.
00:57:26And he wants it running by night shift.
00:57:30We need to be as fast as possible at setting stuff up.
00:57:34We've gotten Slucifer up.
00:57:35Now we need to get Big Red set up.
00:57:39Then it'll really start coming together here.
00:57:45Yeah, man.
00:57:49Let's hook these things up.
00:57:52Get this off.
00:57:54Sorry.
00:57:55You're all good?
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 stocker 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.
00:58:40This is a solid washplant.
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.
00:58:57That's it?
00:58:58Yeah.
00:58:59In 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.
00:59:13Careful 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.
00:59:39First 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.
00:59:56Nearly halfway through his season, Parker's master plan for a $35 million gold haul is 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.
01:00:25Put the gold in Parker's water chest for him here.
01:00:29Put the gold in Parker's water chest for him here.
01:00:54We'll keep you.
01:00:56We'll keep you.
01:00:58Let's finish this.
01:00:58We'll go.
01:01:03Oh fuck, they blew the line.
01:01:22At the Golden Mile, minutes after firing up, Big Red's main water line has ripped off.
01:01:33Oh no!
01:01:39Why did this come off?
01:01:41It literally ran Big Red hole last year.
01:01:45Yeah, Tyson, you're all good.
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.
01:01:59I hope that doesn't happen again.
01:02:06So if you want to be certain that water line does not come off anymore, some old welding
01:02:12rods.
01:02:12It's going to be my little makeshift safety to hold this water line together.
01:02:21There, that little guy will keep our handle from coming off.
01:02:26Our fancy welding rod here holding it in.
01:02:29With Alex's pin keeping the water line in place, he can now clear out the blocked prewash.
01:02:40Everything's back running here, so get some more dirt in her and hopefully keep her going.
01:02:53It's a nice setup.
01:02:58Do you have any big concerns?
01:03:00No.
01:03:04Sorry, you have a lot more reason to be tired than I do.
01:03:09Good job, man.
01:03:10Looks good.
01:03:11A lot of work.
01:03:11Thanks to everybody.
01:03:12Yeah.
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 and 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's your picket, 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 catching 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.
01:04:20Have 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, but the biggest challenge will be getting
01:04:52off that hill.
01:04:53If that has to be solid enough, it's going to be steep.
01:04:57But as long as it's solid and I keep traction, then we should be good on that one.
01:05:03Cousin Mike needs to haul the new plant 650 feet onto a tight double plant pad, avoiding
01:05:12sluice a lot, then turn it 180 degrees.
01:05:31My job is to get this plant in place, do one piece, hook it up, start sluicing, and then
01:05:37keep sluicing.
01:05:53I'm going to keep turning this wash plant without detesting it.
01:05:58It will be a perfect turn.
01:06:00It will end up straight towards the edge and then we'll push it as far to the edge as
01:06:06we wanted.
01:06:11And then we can start hooking up pipes.
01:06:17Whoa.
01:06:20Holy .
01:06:23Right 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 because I didn't realize how close he
01:06:39was 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 will 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.
01:07:53It will 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 and then 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.
01:08:21So we want to go through the frame of the wash plant and then we can fire that plant up.
01:08:41Sluicelot's built-in hydraulic jacks lift the wash plant, giving Tony a tight gap to slide
01:08:51and find a lot's new water pipe through the frame.
01:08:57What's that cable?
01:08:58Get that cable out of there.
01:09:03Swing it in, bingo.
01:09:13This pipe is awesome.
01:09:15Hook it up to the pump and we'll shoot that water.
01:09:29All right, so pipes are hooked up.
01:09:31We've got water.
01:09:32We have pay over here, excavator, 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.
01:09:44To us, blend side for side.
01:09:45Let's do this.
01:10:18Anyway, pretty nice if we're going to crash.
01:10:21I think so.
01:10:22I think we 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, pretty nice to see them both run.
01:10:38So the double production, that'd be nice.
01:10:41For 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.
01:11:01Life is pretty damn good.
01:11:20Ready? Check it out.
01:11:24Well, B, this is where we get gold.
01:11:27After a long week, mechanic Ryan has some welcome visitors, wife 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.
01:11:40Too 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.
01:11:49That's where we try to get big pieces of gold.
01:11:53When the plant's shutting down, you'll see the sluice runs basically are just packed full of 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 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?
01:12:22Same 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, like, 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, and 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 Goldways, are you guys going to come in?
01:13:11Check 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 Goldways.
01:13:25This 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.
01:13:33Vegas Valley, right?
01:13:34Can'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 got 40 hours of rent time on it.
01:13:40So, this is the first Goldway from Vegas Valley.
01:13:42You want to come?
01:13:43Nope.
01:13:44Hey, make sure you say it loud.
01:13:45Kyle, I 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.
01:13:55To pay Troy Taylor off for Lightning Creek, Rick needs 100 ounces.
01:14:0340, 60, 70, 80, 83, 84, 100.
01:14:14109.
01:14:15109.94.
01:14:15Worth over $380,000.
01:14:19Nice job, B.
01:14:21Now just go put that in the bedroom.
01:14:25Dude, that's starting to look more like a Goldway.
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 him 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
01:14:40towards our 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 Goldway 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.
01:15:28Yeah, it looks good, and it's nice.
01:15:30It's a nice setup.
01:15:31So, I guess we only got gold from Slusalat and Findalat.
01:15:37Slusalat and Findalat.
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.
01:15:54First up, Findalat's two-day run in the new River Cut.
01:16:00All right.
01:16:045, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80.
01:16:11Oh.
01:16:1384.86.
01:16:17Worth almost $300,000.
01:16:22That's not bad.
01:16:24Next, Slusalat's gold from three days in the River Cut.
01:16:30It's 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 124.82.
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?
01:17:21$30,000 to $80,000 is halfway his goal with just one plant.
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 anytime, 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.
01:18:12Hey, 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?
01:18:47Yeah.
01:18:48To 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.
01:19:0320, 40, 60, 70, 90, 110, 130, 142.
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.
01:19:42See you guys later.
01:19:43See you.
01:19:44We're out.
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-y.
01:19:56Go find a hotspot 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.
01:20:38Well, 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.
01:20:56A 198.3 there.
01:20:59A bunch of nuggets.
01:21:01Chunky ground.
01:21:03Just came out of that thing.
01:21:05No way.
01:21:06Wow.
01:21:07Am 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.
01:21:35See how the bridge cut did.
01:21:3620, 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.
01:22:00See how it did.
01:22:01Next up, slucifer.
01:22:03Fired up in its new position in the Golden Mile three days ago.
01:22:08$100,000, $120,000, $140,000, $170,000, $174.85.
01:22:18Worth 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, don't 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 710.5 ounces.
01:22:59This week, with four wash plants going, we have 669.85.
01:23:05We're halfway through the season, and right now we're at 4,921.5 ounces.
01:23:12Parker's four wash plants have produced $2.3 million worth of gold in one week.
01:23:19Well, hopefully next week, after they spend more time running and less time getting moved, those numbers will increase.
01:23:26Perfect.
01:23:27Thank 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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