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Gold Rush: Alaska - Season 16 - Episode 22: The Gold Ceiling
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00:19Winter is here and you know we have very limited time left now and we're really
00:27close to the goal but this time of year everything's pretty near its breaking point 31 year old Parker
00:34Schnabel is closing out the busiest season of his life running 24-7 for six months and it's paying off
00:44he's close to breaking his 10,000 ounce goal but is barely ahead of neighbor Tony Beetz
00:51Mitch is busy running the stripping program in the midst of you know trying to keep Roxanne running
00:57and starting our next pit on the Indian River for next year and then Tyson is just you know fighting
01:04to keep the three plants on Dominion running to hit his goal this week Parker's cranking up his four
01:15wash plants to run even more pay dirt just got to keep keep these wash plants running yeah go ahead
01:26I got a big problem with Roxanne got some cracked cross tubes here
01:35all right yeah I'll let Mitch know he'll come up and have a look at it with you
01:49hey Mitch what's happening man just trying to figure out the best way to get rid of this water over
01:54here
01:56Alec just radioed me and there's bigger problems there's a bunch of cracks in the screen deck on Roxanne
02:04oh he's up there having a look at it
02:08and we're only like what 400 and change away from hitting our goal
02:12so we'll just have to keep trying to babysit it through the season and then figure out a plan
02:17yeah
02:19on the plus side gold has another record high today
02:22that's awesome nuts that's totally crazy but yeah let's try to keep that thing banging if you don't mind
02:27all right we'll go have a look thanks man
02:30only two years old
02:32wash plant Roxanne already has cracks in its structural tubes
02:37if not fixed they could break apart and damage the plant
02:41putting it out of action for the rest of the season
02:44how's it going buddy so this whole cross tube here is compromised
02:48we'd be looking at maybe two days downtime to replace this tube here and that tube there
02:54there's no way Parker's going to let us turn this wash plant off for any length of time
02:58so probably just pop those screens out weld her up the best you can
03:02hopefully it's got enough life left in it to get to the end here
03:05oh yeah
03:06if you look at the gold prices right now
03:07every one of these mine bosses has the same mentality dude
03:11crank them up as hard as you can
03:12get as much material through them to get as much gold
03:15yeah for sure
03:16thanks buddy
03:17take care of Mitch
03:22okay
03:24that's the guy right there
03:26the one I'm after
03:28let the music begin
03:31I love my job
03:34this is one of the worst cracks that I've seen on the plant that we've actually kept running
03:39the crack just keeps going
03:52ah
03:58damn it
04:01are you still in there
04:04oh
04:08hey Matt
04:09hey I've hurt my foot pretty bad
04:12I'm going to need some medical attention here
04:18okay thank you
04:27you alright up there buddy
04:29I'm hanging in there Matt
04:32let's see that thing
04:35does that hurt pretty good
04:37it hurts beautifully
04:38yeah I thought so
04:40a 4000 degree piece of molten metal
04:44flew into Alex boot
04:46searing his flesh
04:47causing second degree burns
04:51all right
04:52I'm going to flush it with this
04:54and
04:55look at this burn dressing on there
04:58definitely
04:59clean that out really well when you get home
05:01yeah it's melted my sock real good
05:05put like antiseptic gel on it
05:07we'll just keep working I guess
05:10gold star for you buddy
05:11yeah right
05:13well that's happy to help
05:15thanks Matt
05:16see ya
05:17there's no one else here to do this
05:19or to help me so
05:22just suck it up and keep working
05:24foot patched up
05:26Alec gets back to welding Roxanne
05:28and with Roxanne
05:30back on her feet
05:31the crew have a fighting chance
05:33of hitting 10,000 ounces
05:36by the end of the week
05:38all the welding is done
05:40I'm just reassembling the top deck
05:43get ready to start sluicing here
05:51firing up Roxanne
05:53here we go
06:03let's get sluicing
06:18how's your foot doing man
06:19I don't feel it right now
06:21whatever Matt did is really working good
06:23well Matt thanks for being a trooper there
06:25and just patching it up
06:27and buckling down
06:28and getting it finished
06:30what do you think man
06:31will it last a week
06:32that's a million dollar question right there
06:35no warranty
06:36no guarantee
06:37but fingers crossed
06:40great job buddy
06:41we're washing rocks
06:53well here we go
06:54last bucket
06:55pay of Vegas Valley
07:00we're finally
07:01right to the very end here
07:05we got the last pay
07:06out of Vegas Valley
07:08it's not really
07:09it's not really a good thing
07:11this is our last chance
07:12and we got to treat it that way
07:13it'll be our last chance
07:15in the Yukon ever
07:16while Parker chases down
07:1810,000 ounces
07:20Rick Ness
07:21has only just edged past
07:231,000
07:24his roller coaster ride
07:26of a season
07:27has seen him expand his ground
07:29and become flush with claims
07:31but red tape
07:32and bad luck
07:33have backed him into a corner
07:35and his weary crew
07:37are battling to reach
07:381,800 ounces
07:40to earn their bonuses
07:41and secure their future
07:43this has been the coldest morning
07:45we've had so far
07:46had to fall up
07:48and run real quick
07:48before we could fire up
07:51once you see that
07:52you know that winter's coming
07:53now
07:54Rick's new Vegas Valley cut
07:56has run out of pay
07:58much quicker than he expected
08:00not only is the weather
08:01starting to creep in
08:02but I mean our pay pile
08:03is dwindling fast
08:05and it's only a matter of time
08:07I mean we're down to days
08:08and weeks now
08:11with just 2 weeks left
08:13to get over 700 ounces
08:14Rick is hoping
08:16for a massive final payday
08:18from Vegas Valley
08:19to take the stress
08:21off his new cut
08:22the last chance
08:24the easy option right now
08:25would be to pack it up
08:27you know
08:27lick our wounds
08:28go home
08:28but now we've got to pivot
08:31we have to move on
08:32that's
08:32why I made the decision
08:33to you know
08:34open up this new
08:35last chance cut
08:36I don't think anybody's
08:37that excited about
08:38opening up a new cut
08:39this late in the season
08:40but
08:40we need more gold
08:42and then that's where
08:42it's going to be
08:44at Duncan Creek
08:45Rick wants to keep
08:47following the Vegas Valley
08:48pay streak upstream
08:50and plans to move north
08:53opening the one acre
08:54last chance cut
08:57before stripping
08:58can begin
08:59the area
09:00the area must first
09:00be drained
09:01by digging a channel
09:02to release the water
09:04into the mined out
09:05Vegas Valley
09:06while it's draining
09:08Rick will clear
09:09a ridge of trees
09:10and loose rocks
09:12to make the cut
09:13safe to work in
09:14finally
09:15Rick's crew
09:17must then dig down
09:1840 feet
09:19to hit the top
09:20of the gold rich
09:21pay layer
09:22he's praying
09:23will save his season
09:25and he wants it
09:26all done
09:27before the last
09:28of his stockpiled
09:29pay runs out
09:34you got a copy
09:34there Bailey
09:35yeah go ahead Ricky
09:36what do you figure
09:37that you ready
09:38to cut this water
09:38through
09:40yeah I think
09:41we should be good
09:41to go
09:43alright well
09:43just make sure
09:44you take it easy
09:45sounds good
09:52the water over there
09:53we gotta cut it
09:54through the bank
09:54over here
09:55we're gonna slowly
09:56just crack it
09:56down there
09:57and let it
09:58let that water
09:58run out
09:59and dry out
09:59our new cut
10:07there it goes
10:12how's she looking
10:13bud
10:13looks nice
10:13and slow to me
10:14I like it
10:15yeah it looks
10:16like it's a good
10:16pace
10:18alright well
10:19yeah we'll just
10:20let it drain for a
10:20bit and then we'll
10:21get back to digging
10:23sounds good man
10:25Vegas Valley's done
10:26and it's very late
10:27in the season
10:27but we got another
10:29cut to open up
10:29and we wanted
10:301,800 ounces
10:30and this is the
10:31first step
10:33so we're moving on
10:37to help him
10:38on his quest
10:39to open the last
10:40chance
10:41Rick hops
10:43into the rebuilt
10:44700
10:46the 700's been down
10:47you know
10:48the bulk of the season
10:49here
10:49this is our second
10:50biggest excavator
10:51to have it back now
10:52is a big deal
10:53so we'll be getting
10:54the last chance cut
10:55open up in no time
10:57after the 700 broke down
10:59earlier in the year
11:00Rick spent 50 grand
11:02on a complete engine rebuild
11:04and can finally put it to work
11:06for the first time this season
11:08these trees are really close to the edge
11:10right at the top of the last chance cut
11:11and once I get these trees
11:13you know
11:13move back
11:14I'll be feeling a hell of a lot better
11:16about barely being underneath
11:17that's where the pay is
11:17than moving closer to the bank
11:20there they go
11:21wrong way
11:24I enjoyed that one
11:25center over the edge
11:27you feel pretty tough
11:28with a chainsaw
11:29knocking trees down
11:29but that's nothing compared to
11:31knocking trees down
11:32with a 70 ton excavator
11:36I can't have them
11:36falling down
11:37I was trying to get some more
11:38to get another
11:40what's that
11:40with the tree
11:46damn it
11:47oh I saw an oil squirt too
11:55yeah
11:59oh he definitely got a hydraulic leak
12:03hey Ryan
12:05hey man
12:05can you meet me up by the 700
12:06I uh
12:08I hooked a tree
12:09with a hydraulic leak
12:11alright thanks
12:13damn it
12:14just got this thing back running
12:22hey man
12:24what's up
12:25oh it looks like a seal
12:26I hooked it on a tree line
12:28and I heard something
12:31I heard something hiss
12:32and then I saw some spray
12:33so
12:33at least it's not the hose
12:35yeah
12:36yeah
12:36that needs to be fixed
12:39let me grab my glasses
12:51oh
12:52that's why I hate this
12:56just let loose like that
12:59stupid
13:00bull
13:01bull
13:16mechanic Ryan Kent
13:18has been hit in the face
13:19with hydraulic fluid
13:21while fixing Rick's 700 excavator
13:29let's just get it done
13:35yeah it'll spit that seal right out
13:37yeah you can see it
13:38it's damaged
13:40it's taking the coupler off
13:41it holds the hydraulic lines
13:42right now
13:43you can see where the o-ring
13:45actually pushed out
13:46it might have already been loose
13:47who knows
13:48but I know with me hitting it on a tree
13:49didn't help it
13:50so
13:52slide it
13:56so there's your two different seals
13:58this one's just seen her days
14:00pull it out
14:00and then we'll just
14:02slide it in
14:04just tighten these bolts down
14:05and
14:07should be able to get it right back in action
14:09start it up
14:10yeah
14:10make sure we're not going to leak
14:11okay
14:14if it doesn't leak
14:16we're in business
14:24looks good
14:26good to go
14:27yeah
14:27nice man
14:31got no leaks
14:35everything seems back to normal
14:38we got lucky with this one
14:40we are back in business
14:58it's got late in the day
14:59the weather is holding up
15:01so we're going to try to keep all four plans going
15:04if that is the case
15:05we're likely to hit 10,000 ounces by the end
15:08of the week
15:08but they say something that I've never done in 40 years of mining
15:14Tony, do you copy Tony?
15:16could you come have a look at the corner cut with me?
15:19I'm on my way
15:21Tony Beats has already banked more than $35 million
15:26and after his bumper 1,000 ounce gold haul last week
15:31the king of the Klondike is in striking distance of 10,000 ounces
15:37and edging in front of Parker
15:40but there's a problem
15:43how's it looking Mike?
15:45this corner cut is almost done
15:48so we got to figure something out
15:50because we don't want to run out of pay
15:54so we're not going to have enough of the season there then, huh?
15:57doesn't look like it
16:04let's come up with a plan
16:05so that we can run both plans to the end
16:09the early bird cut is pretty good in the beginning
16:11but it might be an option
16:13move one plant over there
16:16see if there's anything that we can strip
16:18and still sluice
16:19the gold price as is today
16:21we got to keep on going
16:22until the bitter end
16:23why not?
16:24what the hell?
16:26on the Indian River
16:27Tony has opened up more ground than ever before
16:31and he's reaped the rewards
16:34his twin wash plants
16:36running in the massive corner cut
16:38have consistently delivered huge gold waves
16:42but now its pay is running out
16:45and he has to go in search of another rich spot
16:49Tony will start his treasure hunt
16:51next to some of his richest ground of the year
16:54the early bird cut
16:55where he's praying
16:57the gold rich pay continues
17:02we are a little bit of a fishing expedition
17:07I'm going to go and poke around
17:09see if I can get it down to ground
17:13I mean down there
17:15I don't know what that is
17:15looks like gravel
17:18let's see if it's going to continue
17:24whoa
17:27what the f*** is happening?
17:31I got lucky there
17:33we're taking here for 15 minutes
17:34and I'm running into some nice gravel
17:37so it's pretty much a no-brainer
17:40to get the hell in ahead
17:41I mean it is laying right there in front of you
17:44gravels
17:45a light brown dirt
17:47with small rocks
17:48are a strong indication
17:50there's good gold here
17:52and Tony's found some
17:54just six feet below the surface
17:56we're going to strip this out
17:58because I like to have this down by pay
18:00by the end of the week
18:04okay guys
18:05somebody bring that 950 over here
18:08and bring me two trucks
18:11make sure one of them is the 50 tonnery
18:14to strip the early bird extension quicker
18:16and avoid shutting down a plant
18:18Tony brings in his monster 950 excavator
18:22capable of moving 10 tons of dirt
18:25with every bucket
18:27three buckets
18:28two truckloads
18:29bingo
18:29you make something happening that way
18:31and to shift all that dirt fast
18:33an A40 rock truck
18:35and his new toy
18:36the A50
18:38with its 7 ton increase in payload
18:41today Tony got me in the A50 for the first time
18:45it's awesome man
18:46like it just looks so futuristic
18:48you know
18:50he wants his quick down to pay
18:52by the end of the week
18:53do you see me?
18:54just back on the need me
18:55barring
19:00the bigger the truck
19:01the bigger the load
19:02the more you get done
19:08I'll just throw a fourth one in it
19:10just for good measure
19:12what's one more, right?
19:14power load this ball
19:17this 50 ton truck
19:19seems to take another bucket full
19:22maybe I'll buy more 50 ton trucks
19:24hey, that's an idea
19:29there's a lot of dirt in the back of the truck
19:31like, it's crazy
19:47Tony's so keen to get the dirt out of here
19:49he's overloading me
19:57it's too heavy
19:58like, it was at 66 tons
20:01so, it couldn't dump
20:04now why is that 50 tonner coming back?
20:09hey Darien, why are you coming back with a full load?
20:26I can't dump, it's too heavy
20:28rushing to get his new cut down to pay
20:31Tony has overfilled Darien's 50 ton rock truck
20:37it's too heavy to dump, I can't dump it
20:42go back there with the truck
20:43and face it downhill
20:44and then it'll dump
20:46okay
20:53yeah, dump it like that Darien
20:55that's it working
21:00there you go
21:03he's a smart guy
21:04he knows all the tricks
21:06if Tony can get his new cut stripped
21:09and down to pay by the end of the week
21:12he'll be back on track
21:13to hit 10,000 ounces
21:15the corner cut could be done in a week
21:18I want to have this cut ready
21:21if this turns out good
21:23then we just keep on sluicing until the very end
21:40I thought we'd have 10,000 ounces by now
21:43but, um
21:46it's proving to be a bit elusive
21:49we need to press those wash plants a hell of a lot harder
21:52in a herculean effort to get 430 ounces
21:56and hit 10,000 by the end of the week
22:00Parker is pushing his crew and wash plants hard
22:05with Parker's decision to run the absolute piss out of the wash plants
22:11so we can hit our gold total
22:13I got Big Red running a little hot
22:17so it's definitely putting a lot of stress on the plants and whatnot
22:20but, you know
22:22it's not my call
22:24I'm just here to do my job
22:26and keep Parker happy
22:38oh
22:41don't stop
22:56Liam, Alec, you got a copy?
22:59yeah, go for Liam
23:00hey man, I'm going to need you to come up to Big Red
23:14John, what happened?
23:16radio stacker quit on me, buddy
23:19oh, it looks like we got a super slimy belt here
23:23it gives no friction to the belt
23:25so when it makes its way up to the head drum
23:28the head drum will just spin there
23:31why we're getting so much mud on the inside of the conveyor
23:35maybe it's just not coming in far enough
23:37yeah
23:37we need a bit more overlap
23:39like from this head drum into this rock box
23:42so the material doesn't stack up here
23:44this hopper is buried in material left and right
23:48so what do you think?
23:49we got to move the radial stacker back?
23:51yeah
23:51we have hydraulics on this
23:52I can just run the hydraulics a bit
23:54and sort of like inchworm it back a bit
23:57how do you inchworm a radial stacker?
24:01the stacker is going to have to be up in the air
24:02and then as long as the axle end
24:05which is usually planted with those power wheels
24:07was free to come towards this plate
24:11the radial stacker would effectively move backwards
24:14and now it's top heavy and unsettled
24:17if it wants to roll away with the conveyor up like that
24:19like who's to say it's not going to fall over to?
24:21it's definitely risky
24:23pay dirt from Big Red's hopper conveyor
24:26is getting under the wash plant's radial stacker
24:29and coating the inside of its belt
24:32which is then traveling up to the drive pulley's head drum
24:36making it slip
24:38stopping pay from being fed into the plant
24:41moving the hopper feeder's conveyor forward
24:45would solve the problem
24:46but it would require time
24:48and an excavator they don't have
24:51alex quick but risky fix
24:54is to inch the 120 foot radial stacker back by 3 inches
24:59so it sits further underneath the feeder conveyor
25:03stopping the pay getting under the belt
25:06first he'll raise the top end of the radial stacker up
25:10and use its weight to generate downforce onto the axle
25:15then by lifting the axle's gull wing brake wheels off the ground
25:20he hopes to inch the stacker back towards the feeder conveyor
25:24but if he loses control
25:27it could topple over and cause a disaster
25:32have you ever done this before?
25:33this is completely experimental
25:35seems like the only option we got
25:36let's give it a go
25:38let's see what happens
25:39alright
25:45so let's call that our line in the sand there
25:47yeah
25:48it goes south
25:49well it was nice moving you
25:50yeah you too buddy
25:51alrighty
25:53I'm pulling up the wheels here
25:55so maybe stand back a little bit
25:57it's a little nerve wracking
25:59as soon as he lifts those gull wings up
26:01there could be a possibility where it tips completely over
26:04so
26:05we're putting our prayers to the gods right now
26:09okay
26:09that's off
26:10other side's also off
26:13okay
26:14now the exciting part
26:18oh my god
26:20it's moving so much
26:25I'm raising up the radio stacker now
26:27with the gull wings off the ground
26:31and these wheels are moving slowly
26:33which is letting me know that
26:35we are indeed checking our progress
26:42my heart's in my throat right now
26:44watching this thing move back and forth
26:46knowing that it could topple over
26:51got like
26:52half an inch
26:56alright
26:57we got our height
26:58then I'm gonna lower the stacker
26:59which should
27:01increase the distance
27:04that's good
27:07gull wings back on the ground here
27:14as for level side to side
27:15do you figure we're pretty good?
27:18it looks pretty good to me
27:19okay yeah
27:20we got the weight back
27:21on the stabilizer legs
27:23I can roll these dualies
27:24so I'm just gonna go
27:25say hi to brother John
27:26and see if we've
27:27moved the amount we need to
27:30what did we end up getting John?
27:33yeah three
27:34three and a half
27:35as long as the material
27:37doesn't pile up here
27:38it shouldn't get into the belt
27:39it shouldn't get
27:40with stuff up there
27:41yep
27:41so let's fire up
27:42great job guys
27:43great job
27:43woo
27:51throw the stacker
27:57let's get it
28:02woo
28:03woo
28:07it's looking a lot better
28:09for where the material's landing
28:12the plant has helped a lot
28:14are we winning?
28:15looks like it's running really good
28:16nice
28:20we got big red running again
28:22everything's running smooth
28:23and now the main focus is to
28:25keep the wash plants running
28:27and hit our 10,000 ounce goal
28:43it looks like a mess huh?
28:45that's a lot of water isn't it?
28:47yeah that doesn't look funny at all
28:49we can't with this water and that kind of mud
28:52determined to reach 10,000 ounces this week
28:56Tony is racing to get down to pay
28:59in an extension to the early bird cut
29:02but his stripping crew
29:04have hit ground water
29:05flooding the cut
29:07and making it unminable
29:10well
29:11do we pump it or
29:12that's it there?
29:14well why don't we do both?
29:16make it this
29:16put it in the culvert
29:17put it in the pump
29:18get the water down in the old ponds
29:20get it over it
29:23let's see
29:24get the new guy over there
29:26hey Sean do you copy?
29:27Sean do you copy?
29:28can you get over there please?
29:29okay
29:29we need to do some ditching over there
29:31so get over there would you?
29:33let's clean the s*** up
29:37to drain the flooded cut
29:39Tony will dig a ditch through the road
29:41which lies between his new extension
29:44and an already mined out section
29:47of the early bird cut
29:49then
29:49install a culvert
29:51and pump
29:52that will drain flood water
29:54from the new cut
29:55into the old cut
29:57finally
29:58rebuild the road
29:59and get his plan
30:01to hit pay dirt
30:02by the end of the week
30:03back on track
30:06so what are man Sean doing here now?
30:09it's just a little bit of water maintenance
30:11that we got going on over here
30:13you know how new guys are
30:15you gotta test them out
30:17he looks to be doing just fine to me
30:21it's my first day working for Tony Beats
30:24out in the Yukon
30:25and very first time ever gold mining
30:29still a bit nervous
30:30but
30:31we're getting there
30:33you don't have tough skin
30:34you're not ready for this industry
30:43Sean, Sean, Sean, Sean, Sean
30:45stop
30:47look at me
30:49shut her down for a minute
30:54holy
30:54what a mess
30:57full of dirt
31:00you gotta be careful
31:01digging it out of here
31:02you don't rip your electrical apart
31:04it's not good
31:07Sean, you just leave this here
31:09go get that 349
31:11and you can just keep ditching with that
31:13and then we can get this machine fixed
31:14sounds good
31:19operator error
31:20right there
31:21you should have been able to see it in the mirror here
31:24idiot
31:26every minute of down time is no good
31:28because it all equates to lost gold
31:32this is going to drop
31:38there she goes
31:42Sean's in the 349
31:43hopefully he doesn't
31:45that up at all
31:46here's Tony
31:54that panel's off to 700
32:03I'll get out and talk to you
32:07so that panel's off to 700
32:10who is that?
32:11Sean guy
32:12the new one?
32:13yeah
32:13we should go home for a day
32:15for that one?
32:16yeah
32:16make your life easier
32:18yes sir
32:18beep beep
32:23after sending rookie operator Sean home
32:27Tony takes over in the 349
32:29to finish the ditch
32:31and install the culvert
32:33I send the operator home for the day
32:35because
32:36same story as always
32:38if you want it down right
32:40I guess
32:41I guess you have to do it yourself
32:44so let's grab the culvert though
32:47let's grab the culvert
32:48we don't have enough time left this season
32:50to f*** around
32:51so we gotta get going
32:57I think
32:57I think I put me must have it
33:02that'd be good enough
33:04I could f*** around there for whatever
33:06but
33:07all right this don't happen to feel like it
33:11you want me to grab that pump?
33:13yes please
33:13okay
33:14because you're running around in the food and water down there
33:20in just 90 minutes
33:22Tony has got his new cut drying out
33:25and he's back in the chase
33:27to catch Parker
33:34looks pretty damn good
33:36that looks to me that there's gonna be plenty of pay to keep on going
33:56it's definitely a big race here
33:58trying to get down to that pay as quick as we can
34:00keep that plant running
34:03when the plant shuts down you know
34:05completely freeze
34:06and we won't be able to fire up the plant again
34:08Rick and his crew are battling to hit pay in their new cut
34:11a last chance
34:12before the stockpile from Vegas Valley runs out
34:16and they are forced to shut down Monster Red
34:18yeah it looks like we got a scoop or two left here
34:22it's not good
34:26the pay pile is dwindling pretty quick here
34:28I don't even know if it's a pile anymore
34:33Bailey you got a copy?
34:36go ahead for Bailey
34:38hey we're almost uh
34:40we're getting pretty low on pay here
34:41you got any kind of time frame
34:43when you think you're gonna get any up to the plant
34:46well I don't know how low it is
34:48but uh it's gonna be a couple of days on my end
34:51before I can send anything
34:54we don't got a couple days left up here
34:56we'll end up having to shut it down
34:59yes that's it you know
35:01nothing that we can do here
35:07here we go
35:07last bucket of pay
35:09here we go
35:09going to the plant now
35:20that's it that's all we got
35:31we shut it down now
35:32there's nothing else to run
35:35we shut it down today and hopefully it's not for the last time this season
35:39if freezing winter temperatures arrive before they hit pay in the last chance
35:45monster red will be too frozen to fire up
35:48putting even more pressure on this week's gold way
35:53it's always impossible to tell just when we're pulling mats how good it's gonna be
35:58we need it to be great
36:00so fingers crossed we
36:02we can find greatness to save this season
36:07well Bailey's still a couple days away from pay
36:08if the weather decides to change and freeze up
36:11we're gonna be in trouble
36:13we get a couple more good cleanups and we're set
36:16I mean the gold is really good right now
36:18we'll hit 1800 to get out of here with these guys getting what they earned
36:22and us coming back next year
36:24hopefully we get a few more good days and we get to run again
36:28but who knows
36:47oh hi
36:48hey rick above it
36:49there you go
36:49hey
36:51holy rick that looks like a lot of gold
36:52yeah that's uh so that's the last of the gold uh from vegas valley though
36:57it's a shame we don't have any more to put
36:59that's where we're at
37:01be easy to go home but you know it
37:02we'd be next year
37:04your bonuses and the future of this company
37:06that's basically what we're fighting for right now
37:08alright let's
37:09weigh some gold
37:11find out how we did
37:13last week rick and his crew pulled 430 ounces of gold
37:18their biggest haul ever
37:20but they are still more than 700 ounces short
37:24of the 1800 rick needs to pay their bonus and secure his mining future
37:31ready
37:31yeah
37:33well
37:34200
37:35yeah
37:36all right
37:37and
37:37we'll see what we add to that
37:39here she comes
37:41ready
37:42okay
37:4510
37:4720
37:4730
37:4935
37:4950
37:5058
37:5159
37:5269
37:5380
37:5490
37:5597
37:5798
37:58102.27
38:01nice
38:02awesome
38:02302.27
38:04302.27
38:05302.27
38:05yeah
38:06nice
38:07nice number
38:08sweet
38:08worth
38:10one million one hundred and forty eight thousand dollars
38:14so what's that that puts us at
38:16thirteen hundred and seventy nine point six five
38:18making up ground quick
38:20yeah
38:20rick needs four hundred and twenty more ounces
38:24to hit eighteen hundred and send everyone home with gold
38:28but he still hasn't hit pay in the last chance cut
38:33i mean weather's changing
38:34yeah
38:34and we're down right now not running
38:36you shut it down you might never start it back up
38:38yeah
38:39next week this could be snow
38:40yeah
38:40it's the challenges at the end of the year man
38:43oh yeah
38:43honestly all we need is a little luck with the weather
38:45because i know you can get to the bottom of that cut
38:46i know we can get that pay run
38:48yeah
38:48we just need a bit of time
38:50well i say we uh
38:51cheers to bailey
38:52oh yeah
38:53cheers to bailey
38:57it's all on you
38:58thanks guys
38:58thanks guys
39:01well that's another good gold way
39:03i mean when we get the plant running we make up ground quick
39:06you know it's good ground we just have to fight hard to get to it
39:09and right now it's all in the last chance cut
39:26hello
39:27hi
39:28hello
39:29how are you guys
39:31nice coffee cup
39:33that's a huge size coffee cup
39:36the corner cut's getting uh pretty big but it's looking like a little empty
39:39yeah it does
39:41we are uh scratching the last bit out of it
39:43we still got some pay left in the early bird cut
39:47i would really love to take that out there too but
39:50with the price of gold right now okay we're pretty silly to quit
39:54how's things going on the hill
39:55harold literally is like no headache
39:58when i go through that thing it's like
40:00you lift up the hydraulic riffle and you just see gold everywhere
40:03nothing wrong with that
40:05trauma's been running 24 7
40:06that plant
40:07just eats it
40:09eats it
40:09it's called the traum nom nom no
40:13hey monica should we weigh some gold
40:15yes
40:16who wants to start counting
40:18i'll count
40:19the beets family need more than 700 ounces
40:23to reach 10 000
40:25so this is a sluice a lot
40:26okay
40:29okay 10 20
40:31sluice a lot has been running the last of the pay in the corner cut
40:35100
40:37130
40:37140
40:38150
40:40180
40:42190
40:44192.42
40:47it was a little bit less than the last time how come
40:50i mean we're getting to the end of the cut
40:52and then we're starting to pick a leftover i think that'll basically have something to do with it
40:58so this is for find a lot
40:59all right
41:00find a lot has also been churning through the remaining corner cut pay
41:0670
41:0670
41:0780
41:0790
41:08110
41:08120
41:10140
41:10160
41:12180
41:14182.06
41:18well
41:19not as good as last week
41:21this one is a little bit lower than
41:23same stuff same cut
41:25same stuff same cut
41:26i mean it's not that we run any more or less
41:29tony's twin plants at indian river bring his total to just over 9 640 ounces
41:38well that was all the indian river gold it's time for hill gold
41:42let's see what harold's got
41:4510 20 30
41:47harold has been running pay from the hester cut
41:5090 100 120
41:54132.6
41:57less gold as the last time
41:59it might just ran in the patch
42:01it might end up just getting diluted because they were running through whatever is there
42:04with three of his wash plants delivering less gold than last week
42:09tony is still more than 200 ounces short of 10 000.
42:17this is from the trommel
42:19yep
42:24nice
42:26alright mike can you see
42:27yeah go for it
42:3310
42:3320
42:3430
42:3540
42:3550
42:3660
42:3670
42:3780
42:3790
42:39200
42:40200
42:41220
42:42230
42:42240
42:43250
42:43260
42:45280
42:46290
42:473
42:47310
42:48330
42:48340
42:49350
42:49370
42:50380
42:50390
42:51400
42:52410
42:53420
42:54430
43:00there you go that's what you did
43:02the beats family passed 10,000 ounces for the first time ever
43:07with a total of 10,212
43:12worth over 38 million eight hundred thousand dollars
43:18that's actually pretty good
43:19but yeah that's a pretty big thing
43:21that's a lot of money
43:23that's a lot of bucks mike
43:24they say that's
43:262 million bucks on the table
43:27yeah i've been running 24 7 man
43:29yeah that's pretty awesome
43:32we uh we could do that for a while couldn't we
43:36so we did over 10,000 ounces
43:40we've never done so much in a season
43:4310,000 ounces that's pretty nice
43:45that doesn't mean we're gonna quit
43:48i think i can beat parker
43:50let's go to the bitter end guys it means no use quitting while you're ahead
43:53that's the game right
43:55okay gentlemen we'll get some more
43:57okay
43:58okay
44:00it's not a bad somebody
44:08what up
44:10not saying it was a rough day but that's her second cup
44:15parker and his crew have produced more than 9,500 ounces of gold this season
44:21and need just over 430 to hit his 10,000 ounce goal
44:27man we've thrown a lot of rocks at those plants this year
44:30it's getting rough out there trying to keep those plants going
44:33we found some big cracks in roxanne this week
44:35it shows down here when you guys have problems out there
44:40it's week is what you're saying
44:44if we don't hit our 10,000 ounce goal
44:47it's because the plant breakdowns
44:49and i know you guys have put a lot of dirt through them
44:52so there is going to be wear and tear
44:53it's got to keep them going
44:55we're running out of time
44:57we're running out of time real quick
44:58yeah it's starting to get pretty cold huh
45:00yeah
45:02this i think would be the key week
45:04if we don't get some good numbers
45:07so we can throw some gold on the scale and see how we did
45:10yeah let's do it
45:11all right
45:12we got the bridge cut
45:15here we go
45:19wash plant bob has been averaging 147 ounces a week in the bridge cut
45:26120, 127.35
45:30not bad
45:32okay mitchell
45:33let's see what roxanne can add to it
45:35we got 40
45:37roxanne has been sluicing pay from pit 2 at parker's indian river claim
45:43come on keep going
45:44120
45:48133.9
45:49nice
45:50there you go
45:52so what are we looking for here
45:53we need a little over what 200 to hit our target
45:56200 yeah
45:56yeah
45:58so this is the golden mile
46:00we got a couple of them here
46:01ready
46:02yeah
46:02see how goose and big red did
46:05got 40
46:0680
46:07120
46:09130
46:10140
46:11don't slow down doom it
46:15there we go
46:16200
46:17sick
46:18220
46:20258.15
46:22yeah
46:23there you go
46:24that's awesome
46:26good job guys
46:29for the first time ever
46:32parker
46:32has hit
46:3310,000 ounces
46:35in a season
46:36worth
46:37an incredible
46:3838 million
46:40three hundred and forty one thousand dollars
46:43good job ty
46:44thank you
46:46i was rinsing the tank from the golden goose
46:49i found the weirdest thing
46:53the goose laid its first egg you guys
46:56exactly one ounce
46:58there you go
46:59we got our golden egg
47:02for 259.15
47:05that's cool
47:06that's actually hilarious
47:08last week we had
47:10627.25 ounces
47:13this week
47:17520.4
47:17for a season total
47:19of
47:2310,089.85 ounces
47:25sick
47:26we did it
47:27good job guys
47:28and
47:29you know we've got a little bit of time left in the season
47:31so
47:32i think we should just
47:33keeps loosen
47:35and
47:37you know
47:37we had a 10,000 ounce goal last year too
47:39and didn't hit it
47:40so let's make up for a little lost time
47:42keep at her
47:43but thank you guys
47:44yeah
47:44thank you man
47:46with just one week to go
47:48parker
47:49now trails
47:50tony
47:50by 120 ounces
47:53i do like smashing through goals
47:55and it's a very cool milestone for us
47:58so
48:00we'll just uh
48:01we'll keep going and
48:02see what happens
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