#video #Gold Rush Season 16 Episode 23
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00:00:15I
00:00:17Hi
00:00:24So hmm fists or knives
00:00:39So what's new that's the end of the season it seems like a long year mess you know it's a
00:00:44short season up there
00:00:45Yeah, but what an awesome year to be mining. What a time to be a life, pal. I mean mighty
00:00:51prices are good
00:00:52I don't know where it's at today. What four thousand. It's not even normal
00:01:00You're finding some gold. Yeah, that's good. Yeah. Well, how much have you got?
00:01:08Me
00:01:10Well, I'm the oldest I should go lost
00:01:14We just hit 10
00:01:17Okay, well so did we 10 too
00:01:22Nice
00:01:26I
00:01:26Can't have you finding more than us
00:01:28Oh, really? That's a lot of gold. That's a lot of gold
00:01:34It's impressive
00:01:37Where you're at was your total? Ah, it's true for 1800 and then we're we're about 400 ounces short right
00:01:43now
00:01:44Yeah, well
00:01:45Yeah, I could get a fair buck operation like yours if you could sell
00:01:54Um
00:01:55Well, I mean as of right now, I definitely want to see how this the season ends, but I'm considering
00:02:00it
00:02:01Let's give us a call
00:02:03What tony trying to buy you out
00:02:05No, I'll for you
00:02:09Uh
00:02:11He came and visited me
00:02:12Oh
00:02:14Oh
00:02:14Oh
00:02:14Good
00:02:14Wow
00:02:17Let's see the difference between tony and I is tony really likes to do good deals and I love doing
00:02:21bad deals
00:02:21So if you are ever serious about selling give me a call
00:02:25Not to try to invade your guys's deal, but ground is hard to find and it's worth a huge premium
00:02:30right now. Everybody's looking
00:02:33There's a lot of people that say oh well, you know the nice thing about this business is it's not
00:02:36competitive
00:02:38The three of us know it is
00:02:40Yes, sir
00:02:45Anyway
00:02:47That element have a nice day all right jory
00:02:51That's good to see you man. Absolutely. Have a good fall. Yeah, you do enjoy your winter if I don't
00:02:55see you again. Oh, yeah, you too
00:03:01I figured tony was having a good year, but I didn't think it was going to be that good
00:03:07He's a bit ahead of me but
00:03:13We'll see what happens
00:03:15Those guys are killing it on the gold you know in the offers it's it's good to know there's options
00:03:21there. I I I don't know what to do I
00:03:24You know it's going to come down to my total what if I hit my goal this year
00:03:28Man, I want to go in on my own terms. I feel like just selling out is not the way
00:03:33I want to go, but
00:03:35You never know you know money talks and results speak for themselves
00:03:44I
00:04:10We've had a hell of a season old wise
00:04:14We've hit our goal
00:04:16The big priority now is just getting every last ounce we can while prices are like this
00:04:22Yeah, it's pretty cool
00:04:2531 year old mining mogul parker schnabel is running through the finish line
00:04:32Gold prices are at an absolute all-time high
00:04:37They have four thousand dollars an ounce today, which is
00:04:41very very cool
00:04:43It's a good time to be gold miner and have a lot of wash plants running. We got four wash
00:04:47plants running
00:04:49Parker is already breaking records this season with over 40 million dollars in gold banked
00:04:58But he's determined to catch former mentor tony beats who is leading by 120 ounces
00:05:08Bit of a bummer that tony is a bit ahead of me we've been on top for a long time
00:05:14It's getting cold and who knows how much longer we've got frost will probably cut us off from being able
00:05:19to keep plants running
00:05:21But we're going to finish strong
00:05:23We'll give her one last good push right now and see what we come up with
00:05:30I
00:05:30Hey guys, how's it going?
00:05:32Thanks for um coming to join me
00:05:35No worries what's going on?
00:05:38I just wanted to give you guys a little update on what needs to get done
00:05:45What up where where have you been I call a meeting and you're late
00:05:53I'm just kidding
00:05:54For the final push
00:06:01Parker's depending on his top lieutenants
00:06:04Mitch Blaschke
00:06:05Tyson Lee and Brennan Ruhl
00:06:08Thank you for getting us to the end here
00:06:12Hit our 10,000 right?
00:06:13Yeah
00:06:14Like sick
00:06:15Yeah
00:06:16Pretty wild
00:06:17No doubt
00:06:19Yeah
00:06:19Well what's the plan now?
00:06:22I want to just make sure that we finish strong here like despite you know we hit the goal but
00:06:29Tony this spring told me that his goal was like six or seven thousand and he's over ten thousand
00:06:33Wow
00:06:34And you know me well enough to know how much I hate losing
00:06:40So I think you really have to turn your feet race up and all that jazz
00:06:45That's mandatory
00:06:47At dominion I mean we need to get those pay piles hammered out
00:06:51Yeah, they're still pretty big
00:06:54Mitch keep roxanne running and that stripping project is the main priority
00:07:00And Brennan just whatever these guys need
00:07:03Yeah
00:07:04There's not a lot of tolerance for screw-ups or delays
00:07:10If there's ever a time to push extra late now's the time
00:07:14Yeah
00:07:15It would just go until either the weather shuts us down or every plant's out of pay one of the
00:07:19two
00:07:22Let's go do some sluice
00:07:24Yeah, perfect
00:07:24Yeah, let's get her done
00:07:25Thank you guys
00:07:25Thank you
00:07:31At parker's flagship dominion claim
00:07:35Tyson must sluice the last of the golden miles stockpiled pay
00:07:40Through wash plants big red and golden goose
00:07:45And with bob in the bridge cut mine as much of the remaining 30 acres as possible
00:07:53Ten miles south at parker's least ground kennan stewards
00:07:58Mitch must run the pay from the last two acres of pit two with wash plant roxanne
00:08:05And remove the final four acres of worthless overburden from a new cut for next season
00:08:14All before winter freezes them out
00:08:26Right now we're at 26 on our adjuster here
00:08:31All of a sudden you put that at 40
00:08:34Look at how fast that dirt's coming off that belt
00:08:39I've got the yardage cranked as fast as roxanne can run trying to get it done as fast as possible
00:08:45There's so much to do here to finish off the sluicing we have to do
00:08:49Plus get all that mud removed for next season
00:08:54I don't know if this is even remotely close to possible, but i'm gonna try
00:09:02This year my workload has pretty much tripled it's been a struggle at times
00:09:08Right now at golden goose we've increased the feed rate to 250 yards an hour which only puts more pressure
00:09:15on us
00:09:17The weather's gonna really start freezing on us any day now
00:09:20And I know everyone wants to go home, but you can't go home until this pile is complete
00:09:26We're gonna be sluicing to the bitter end
00:09:46We're gonna be sluicing to the bitter end
00:09:54Hi mike are you ready i'm always ready good good
00:09:58You're gonna move this land yeah
00:10:02We have what a week left in the season we were lucky yeah, and we're gonna need that down there
00:10:06to beat parker
00:10:07Okay, let's go. Okay, man bingo. Let's get the show on the road
00:10:13Shut her down dylan
00:10:25Everybody wants to go home, but you know what sucks to be there
00:10:30The job is a drop and finish is finished if I'm not finished by a long shot the gold prize
00:10:36is absolutely just awesome
00:10:38I mean to this kind of a chance of a life thing
00:10:45Tony beats gold fever is
00:10:54You know what?
00:10:57It's a big deal
00:11:06I'm not going to be the best of a life thing
00:11:07You know what kind of a hero?
00:11:10If you're going to be the best of a hero, what you want to do
00:11:11I want to make it to be the best of a hero, but you're not going to be the best
00:11:19of a hero
00:11:19put it back into the early bird cut.
00:11:23If I'm going to go beat Parker,
00:11:25we will be sluicing away at four boxes 24 hours a day.
00:11:31To stay ahead of Parker,
00:11:34Tony is matching his former protege's four-plant final push.
00:11:41At his Paradise Hill operation,
00:11:43Tony has tasked son Mike with finishing stockpiles at his trommel.
00:11:49And Harold Wash Plants.
00:11:52Forty miles south at Indian River,
00:11:55his twin shaker decks,
00:11:57Sluice-A-Lot and Find-A-Lot,
00:12:00are in the 46-acre corner cut.
00:12:04But after two months of non-stop running,
00:12:07the mammoth cut only has enough pay left to run one plant.
00:12:13To keep both sluicing,
00:12:16Tony needs to move Sluice-A-Lot upstream.
00:12:19Back to where he started the season,
00:12:21at a new three-acre extension of his early bird cut.
00:12:30Everything is hooked up, everything is ready.
00:12:32And off we go.
00:12:49So far so good.
00:12:51Plant is following good.
00:12:54A couple corners,
00:12:56a couple hills,
00:12:58nothing we haven't done before,
00:13:00but we still got to get on it and make it work.
00:13:05Nice to keep this up.
00:13:07We'll be putting some rocks in there tonight.
00:13:09This will be good.
00:13:11The guys can be in the cut.
00:13:13They'd rather be ready.
00:13:17Stakes are extra high with the price of gold at the moment.
00:13:20At the new early bird extension,
00:13:23Tony's crew run full throttle
00:13:26to get the cut ready before Sluice-A-Lot arrives.
00:13:31There is a bit of a race this season
00:13:33between Tony and Parker
00:13:34to see who can get the most gold.
00:13:39Obviously, I'm rooting for the king of the Klondike.
00:13:41I'm team Tony all the way.
00:13:43I mean, of course.
00:13:46I wouldn't say that Tony's going to keep that title this year.
00:13:49I'd say Parker's going to win that one.
00:13:52He's going to have it in the bag.
00:13:55Up here where we're dumping,
00:13:56it's super soft
00:13:57and we're almost getting stuck.
00:14:00But we've got to get it done.
00:14:02We've got to get Sluice-A-Lot.
00:14:17That truck over here up there, Tony.
00:14:20Truck over where?
00:14:22In the dump, it's not.
00:14:23I'll go have a look.
00:14:26Who the was that smart?
00:14:29Yeah, I hear you.
00:14:31Who was driving that truck?
00:14:34I was.
00:14:36Tony's going to be passed.
00:15:10Sluice-A-Lot is less than a mile away
00:15:12and coming in fast.
00:15:16Final stress here.
00:15:18So I get there on the radio,
00:15:19another rock truck clip.
00:15:21So Tony's there giving a hand.
00:15:24We can't afford any more downtime.
00:15:27Winter is coming
00:15:28and we want to get to that gold
00:15:30as soon as possible.
00:15:34Get over there, Dalton.
00:15:40I'll whip the f*** over.
00:15:42You'll take the hole over?
00:15:44I'll flip the truck over.
00:15:45Okay, copy, Tony.
00:15:55If these people pay attention,
00:15:57you wouldn't have this s***.
00:15:59Just when you think you've seen it all.
00:16:01Okay, let's grab the s*** thing,
00:16:04flip it over.
00:16:15Yeah, there you go.
00:16:20So the new path is in sight.
00:16:23The road ahead looks pretty good.
00:16:27Hey, in that truck.
00:16:28Sorry, Tony.
00:16:30Now f***ing pay attention.
00:16:34Thank God I ain't fired.
00:16:36When Tony ran up,
00:16:38I thought I was a dead man.
00:16:41Oh, f***.
00:16:42It's loose a lot in here.
00:16:44Get the f*** out of the way.
00:16:45Get that other rough truck dad out of the way.
00:16:49Mike, do you copy?
00:16:51All trucks are gone.
00:16:52You should be good.
00:16:55Climb up this last little hill.
00:16:58We're on the path.
00:16:59I just gotta make sure to
00:17:01get as close to the end as possible.
00:17:09Hey, just turn around.
00:17:11Give it a half a turn.
00:17:15Keep it around, keep it around, keep it around, keep it around.
00:17:18Keep it around.
00:17:24Perfect.
00:17:25There we go.
00:17:26Tony gave me the sign that it's good.
00:17:32Now we get two, three guys coming in.
00:17:34Drag that f***ing hose over.
00:17:36Get the excavator over there.
00:17:37Hook up the hose.
00:17:39Drive the gen set beside it.
00:17:41Bingo. Done.
00:17:47I'll fire the plant up
00:17:49and we'll be back to sluicing.
00:17:56All right, we've got the thumbs up.
00:17:59Off we go.
00:18:01Tony is back to four plants running
00:18:04in his push for mining supremacy.
00:18:08I think it'd be hard for Parker to compete.
00:18:11I think everyone who works here
00:18:12has seen how much we've moved this season
00:18:14and we have no doubt
00:18:16Tony is the king of the Klondike.
00:18:22I've got to remember to give Parker a present.
00:18:25I'm number one, buddy.
00:18:43There's quite a bit of pressure right now.
00:18:46The plants ran out of pay.
00:18:49Still all no burden.
00:18:50We're trying to get into pay
00:18:52as quick as we can.
00:18:55This is one of the worst spots I've ever been in.
00:18:57We've got to get back on that goal.
00:18:58We've got to do it quick.
00:18:59I know the guys are nervous.
00:19:01I'm nervous.
00:19:03Winter will soon freeze all the miners out.
00:19:06But unlike others,
00:19:08Rick Ness' future is on a knife's edge.
00:19:12It's been a tough year.
00:19:13There's no doubt about it.
00:19:14These guys have fought through
00:19:15a lot of s**t
00:19:17that we shouldn't have to fight through.
00:19:20We're 420 ounces shy of our goal yet.
00:19:22And that's a lot.
00:19:23That's a lot of ounces to get.
00:19:25And we don't have a whole lot of time to do it.
00:19:27In a chaotic season
00:19:29of uncertainty
00:19:30and major missteps,
00:19:33Rick gambled a million dollars
00:19:35mining a massive new cut
00:19:38only to get no gold.
00:19:41That was a big debacle.
00:19:42A huge waste of money and time.
00:19:44People are hoping that I'm panicking.
00:19:46The vultures are circling right now,
00:19:48but I'm not panicking yet.
00:19:50Buyout offers from big shots
00:19:52Tony and Parker have come in.
00:19:55I've been offered a seven-figure amount for this
00:19:58and it's a lot.
00:20:00And it's tough to ignore.
00:20:02Maybe it's time to go.
00:20:05But if we hit our goal or get past it
00:20:07and then the profits can continue to get better,
00:20:10why would I leave?
00:20:13Now, as Rick's crew fight
00:20:15to dig out the final ten feet
00:20:17to hit pay in the last chance cut,
00:20:21he's got a risky Hail Mary plan
00:20:23to get more gold fast.
00:20:27It's going to be a fight.
00:20:28But with these guys all in on it,
00:20:31I know we can get it.
00:20:36What's going on, guys?
00:20:37What's going on?
00:20:37What's up?
00:20:40I just want to thank you guys.
00:20:41You guys have been doing a hell of a job.
00:20:44That being said,
00:20:44I know you're all tired from it
00:20:46and giving it all you've got,
00:20:47but we're still way off from our target
00:20:49and that would be devastating if we're short.
00:20:54The gold would be in that dirt for sure,
00:20:56but I think it's going to come right down
00:20:58to the bitter end.
00:21:00We're running out of time,
00:21:01so I think we need to give a little more
00:21:03and I think we need to get back to Lightning Creek.
00:21:06One last push down there.
00:21:11Yeah, that gold wasn't that good to begin with.
00:21:14Yeah, but it was picking up at the end.
00:21:16What if we do another clean out here
00:21:17and we're short?
00:21:19If we pull another 50 ounces from there,
00:21:21I mean, that's big.
00:21:23I mean, you guys got to stay,
00:21:24get Monster Red running, that's the priority,
00:21:27but we need everything we can get.
00:21:30The way it's set up down there,
00:21:31you know, we get going right away.
00:21:33Yeah.
00:21:34We're almost at the end
00:21:35and let's just push a little harder,
00:21:36we're going to be there, right?
00:21:37Yep.
00:21:38Yep.
00:21:38All right.
00:21:42Early in the season,
00:21:44Rick bought new ground at Lightning Creek.
00:21:47Let's do it.
00:21:48All right.
00:21:50After a shaky start,
00:21:53the gold improved.
00:21:5550.4.
00:21:56Yeah, that's way better than the last time.
00:21:58I got some news.
00:21:59Then, a six-month license extension
00:22:02to mine Duncan Creek came in.
00:22:04We got a water license.
00:22:05Yeah.
00:22:06Yeah.
00:22:08Rick abandoned Lightning Creek.
00:22:10Shut down Lightning Creek.
00:22:11We're moving back to Vegas Valley.
00:22:13Sounds good to me, man.
00:22:17Now, he wants to squeeze another 50 ounces
00:22:21from Lightning Creek
00:22:22to help get him over the line.
00:22:27I hope this move is going to be worth it in Lightning,
00:22:30but, you know, we won't know until we start running some dirt.
00:22:33If we do reach that 1,800,
00:22:35my mind's going to be blown
00:22:36because with all the struggles we've had this year.
00:22:40Since I've joined Rick,
00:22:41it's always been a push.
00:22:42It's always been a gamble.
00:22:44And in Rick fashion,
00:22:46we are swinging for the fence again
00:22:49to win at the end of the year.
00:22:51While the stripping crew battle on
00:22:53in the last chance cut,
00:22:55Rick and Kai head eight miles north
00:22:59to Lightning Creek
00:23:00to sluice a leftover pay pile
00:23:02with wash plant Rocky.
00:23:05Everything should be good to go.
00:23:07We got enough pay up there right now
00:23:08to start off the plant.
00:23:11All right, this hokey old thing.
00:23:14All right, let me give this thing a shot here.
00:23:17Come on, you old girl.
00:23:34Here we go.
00:23:35Let's do it.
00:23:40We got water, we got power
00:23:42to shake your next movement,
00:23:43so kind of throw some dirt at it
00:23:44and get some gold.
00:23:48There we go.
00:23:58Oh, hell yeah.
00:24:00Rocky sluicing.
00:24:01Rick is one step closer
00:24:03to pulling off his double plant plan
00:24:06and banking the 420 ounces he needs.
00:24:11Everything looks good.
00:24:26No way!
00:24:29Oh, .
00:24:30You got to be kidding me.
00:24:34What happened?
00:24:51Well, look at this.
00:24:52It's still smoking.
00:24:55Ah!
00:25:02Well,
00:25:05I don't know.
00:25:06At Lightning Creek,
00:25:08the feed pump
00:25:09for Rick Ness' wash plant Rocky
00:25:12has failed.
00:25:14.
00:25:14Pumping the belt.
00:25:18That's the belt
00:25:18that drives the cooling system.
00:25:19That's why the thing's smoking
00:25:20because it's overheating.
00:25:22This tension should not be that loose.
00:25:24That's what holds tension
00:25:25on the belt, right?
00:25:26So when it's loose,
00:25:27it just hops, hops, hops,
00:25:28and that belt just rips.
00:25:29And then it stopped cooling
00:25:30so that it overheated.
00:25:32And this thing just shot to hell.
00:25:34It's just tossed.
00:25:36Rick's desperate push
00:25:38to get two plants running
00:25:39is over
00:25:41before it even started.
00:25:44Very quick,
00:25:45very catastrophic end to the day.
00:25:46Got half a bucket through that thing.
00:25:48I mean,
00:25:48that's something worth getting out of bed for.
00:25:50Now,
00:25:51his only hope
00:25:52for 420 ounces
00:25:54lies in the last chance cut
00:25:57and getting Monster Red sluicing.
00:26:00Well, that's pretty
00:26:02sad showing.
00:26:04The last chance cut,
00:26:05that's what we have to do.
00:26:06The goal will be there.
00:26:07It's just whether or not
00:26:08we can get at it.
00:26:09Well, hopefully it's enough.
00:26:27It's getting cold,
00:26:28and people are wore out.
00:26:30It's just been a long season
00:26:31for everybody.
00:26:33The overarching theme for me
00:26:34is doing everything we can
00:26:36to find as much gold as we can.
00:26:40100 miles west,
00:26:42with four wash plants
00:26:44going full tilt,
00:26:46Parker is within striking distance
00:26:48of Tony's Gold Hall.
00:26:51It puts a huge amount of pressure
00:26:53on keeping wash plants running.
00:26:56It just consumes my thoughts now.
00:27:00In the Golden Mile,
00:27:02Golden Goose,
00:27:04and Big Red
00:27:05power through the pay pile
00:27:08at a combined season max
00:27:10of 500 yards an hour.
00:27:12Doing pretty good down here
00:27:14at Big Red.
00:27:17Do my best to get through
00:27:18as much as I can.
00:27:38What the going on up here?
00:27:44Oh, yeah,
00:27:45my shaker deck shut off.
00:27:57Oh, you .
00:28:00Oh, you .
00:28:01I'm out of breath.
00:28:03The shaker deck stopped.
00:28:08Nothing's working.
00:28:10Alec, Liam,
00:28:10do you got a copy?
00:28:13Yeah, go ahead.
00:28:14Hey, man,
00:28:15my shaker deck shut off,
00:28:17and I need you guys up here right now.
00:28:19Oh, okay, yeah,
00:28:20we're on our way.
00:28:22Thanks, buddy.
00:28:24me.
00:28:26Oh, I'm sick of this .
00:28:30Oh, the Calvary's arrived.
00:28:38We replaced the motor
00:28:39a couple months ago,
00:28:41so that should still be good.
00:28:44Holy.
00:28:46When was the last time
00:28:47this was open?
00:28:49I think the feed conveyor
00:28:51is the shaker now
00:28:51because that's the motor wires there.
00:28:53Oh, what?
00:28:54I'm imagining the shaker contactor
00:28:57malfunctioned or broke,
00:28:58and that's why we're running
00:28:59this backup beacon mirror one.
00:29:01It's been hours.
00:29:02Now this guy
00:29:03has probably failed.
00:29:08What's going on, guys?
00:29:11We're not able to get
00:29:12the shaker motor going.
00:29:13Seriously?
00:29:14Yeah.
00:29:15Something in our contact brick here
00:29:16is malfunctioning.
00:29:18It's not letting power go
00:29:20from here to here.
00:29:23Can't sluice without it.
00:29:25Well,
00:29:26do you guys think we have one?
00:29:28No.
00:29:29We don't have any
00:29:31replacement parts
00:29:32or any contactors
00:29:33that look like this in stock.
00:29:34F*** sakes, man.
00:29:36I'll go and find Parker.
00:29:41We can't go home
00:29:42until the Golden Mile is sluiced.
00:29:44Without Big Red,
00:29:45I don't think it's going to happen.
00:29:47Parker's not going to be happy.
00:29:53How's it going?
00:29:54What's going on?
00:29:57Big Red's contactor,
00:29:58essentially the starter
00:29:59for the shaker deck,
00:30:00just s*** the bed.
00:30:02F***.
00:30:04There's no real solution for it.
00:30:08F***.
00:30:09We don't have one, huh?
00:30:11No.
00:30:14And with the weather
00:30:15the way it is,
00:30:16if we lose the night,
00:30:17we're screwed.
00:30:19I'll get one as quick as we can.
00:30:22I'm going to have to hunt down Jack,
00:30:24so I'll get him in the air.
00:30:26Okay.
00:30:27And we'll have one
00:30:28by the end of the day.
00:30:30Maybe.
00:30:31If it doesn't look like
00:30:31we can get one tonight,
00:30:34then...
00:30:34Frost Fighters
00:30:35on the sluice runs.
00:30:37Good s***.
00:30:37It's a nightmare.
00:30:39Alright.
00:30:40Sounds good.
00:30:41Thanks.
00:30:41Thanks.
00:30:43Thanks.
00:30:43Thanks.
00:30:44Thanks.
00:30:45Thanks.
00:30:46Thanks.
00:30:46Thanks.
00:30:47Thanks.
00:30:48To Whitehorse,
00:30:49it's a seven,
00:30:51eight-hour drive each way.
00:30:53Jack's an hour and a half
00:30:54to Whitehorse
00:30:55and an hour and a half back,
00:30:56so the plane is paying
00:30:58for itself on runs like this.
00:31:00Parker owns a Cessna 172
00:31:03and employs a pilot full-time.
00:31:07Jack fills his time
00:31:08when he's not flying
00:31:10with running an excavator,
00:31:12and he is right here.
00:31:23Big Red's down
00:31:24for some electrical part.
00:31:25They have one in Whitehorse.
00:31:27Can you fly down and grab it?
00:31:28Yeah.
00:31:29Okay, perfect.
00:31:30Time is of the essence.
00:31:30Can you spin up there now?
00:31:31Sure.
00:31:32Perfect.
00:31:33I try to get down to Whitehorse,
00:31:35grab that part,
00:31:35and get back up
00:31:36as fast as I can.
00:31:39Okay.
00:31:47We'll get it slammed in
00:31:48and get the plant
00:31:50back up and running.
00:31:51If we don't get it back here tonight,
00:31:52we're in trouble.
00:32:06Is that enough?
00:32:07Yeah.
00:32:09We've got to run
00:32:10a little bit of water.
00:32:11The gold might shift a bit,
00:32:12but we can't let Big Red
00:32:13freeze right now.
00:32:17Parker Schnabel's wash plant,
00:32:19Big Red,
00:32:20is down
00:32:20with an electrical failure.
00:32:23If it doesn't fire up
00:32:25before nightfall,
00:32:26it will freeze.
00:32:28This is about the worst time
00:32:30Big Red could have
00:32:31bet on us.
00:32:32Hopefully, Jack can get us
00:32:33to park here in no time.
00:32:35Parker's crew
00:32:36are praying
00:32:37for a replacement part
00:32:38to be flown in
00:32:39from Whitehorse,
00:32:41300 miles away.
00:32:44Guess we play
00:32:45the waiting game now.
00:32:54Is that an airplane
00:32:54out here?
00:32:55I think so.
00:32:56Is that Jack?
00:32:58Yeah, Jack?
00:32:59Woo!
00:33:01Where are you?
00:33:18You got the goods?
00:33:20Got the goods.
00:33:21Hopefully, that's
00:33:22the right one.
00:33:23Sick.
00:33:24Thank you, Jack.
00:33:25I'll see you later.
00:33:26You're a lifesaver.
00:33:38Oh, man.
00:33:39Woo!
00:33:40He's got it.
00:33:40Our savior.
00:33:42That's awesome.
00:33:43Wicked.
00:33:44Thank you so much.
00:33:44No worries.
00:33:46Let me know
00:33:47when you get it back up
00:33:47and running.
00:33:48Yeah, buddy.
00:33:48Definitely.
00:33:49All right.
00:33:49Thanks, guys.
00:33:50Let's get this new guy
00:33:51hung and see if we can
00:33:51get this plant shaken again.
00:33:53Perfect.
00:33:54This is so crusty.
00:33:56Oh.
00:33:57Don't break anything.
00:34:01Okay.
00:34:03That's our new part installed.
00:34:05Sweet.
00:34:05Yeah, let's do it.
00:34:10Moment of truth here.
00:34:11See what happens.
00:34:27Nice work, fellas.
00:34:29Beautiful sight, isn't it?
00:34:32Thank God.
00:34:35Parker was able to pull it off.
00:34:37We got Big Red back up
00:34:38and running.
00:34:39So all we have to do
00:34:41is finish off the last bit of pay
00:34:42and go home.
00:34:57If everything does go belly up,
00:35:00I can actually hear Tony.
00:35:02Sucks to be you.
00:35:07So I think deep down,
00:35:09even though they don't say it,
00:35:10they'd be pretty heartbroken
00:35:12that I wasn't able
00:35:12to make it happen.
00:35:15While dad Tony battles
00:35:17for mining supremacy,
00:35:19eldest son Kevin Beetz
00:35:21is in deep trouble.
00:35:27What separates me from Tony
00:35:29is just more planning
00:35:31and foresight,
00:35:33less smashy-smashy.
00:35:37But Tony did pull out
00:35:3910,000 f***ing ounces this year,
00:35:40so he's doing something right.
00:35:43Unlike his swashbuckling old man,
00:35:46all season,
00:35:48the sophomore mind boss
00:35:49has been sluicing slow and steady
00:35:52to protect his equipment
00:35:53and only wash plant.
00:35:55But low risk
00:35:56has delivered low rewards,
00:35:59leaving Kevin
00:36:00nearly 800 ounces short
00:36:02of his 2,000-ounce goal.
00:36:07That's a big number for us
00:36:08because we need that
00:36:09to come back next year.
00:36:10That covers all our costs.
00:36:12That gets us enough
00:36:12to get started next year,
00:36:13and if we don't have that,
00:36:15we're running on f***ing fumes.
00:36:21So we're going to fight,
00:36:23and we're going to make it f***ing happen.
00:36:26Let's turn the f***ing up.
00:36:35Look at her flying in there.
00:36:37Kevin's Hail Mary plan?
00:36:39Turn up his wash plant speed
00:36:41for the first time this season
00:36:43from 100 to 150 yards per hour
00:36:48in the hope he can get through
00:36:50his sphinx gut pay pile
00:36:52before winter freezes him out.
00:36:56Hopefully that'll put us on the fast,
00:36:57back to 2,000 ounces.
00:37:00We got it turned up,
00:37:02so we're just slamming the pay in there.
00:37:05Chelsea March keeps pace
00:37:07with the turned-up plant.
00:37:09We've got a pretty big pay pile
00:37:11to get through.
00:37:12I don't know if we're going
00:37:13to have enough time
00:37:14to run all this pay through
00:37:16before the end of the season,
00:37:17honestly, so, yeah.
00:37:20We just have to sluice
00:37:21as much as we possibly can
00:37:23and run through this pay.
00:37:33Looks like we've lost water
00:37:35to the plant.
00:37:36Hey, Tyler, there's no water
00:37:38at the plant.
00:37:39I'm going to shut it down.
00:37:40Okay, 10-4.
00:37:53Yeah, Chelsea, the pump's smoking.
00:37:54The pump's smoking.
00:37:56Holy s***.
00:37:59Copy, Kevin?
00:38:01Yeah, you got to get down here.
00:38:02The pump's on fire.
00:38:03The pump is on fire.
00:38:06There's a lot of smoke
00:38:06coming out of there right now.
00:38:25Oh, oh.
00:38:26I shouldn't have touched that.
00:38:28Ah, ah.
00:38:29What the f***?
00:38:34Don't touch that here.
00:38:35That's also hot.
00:38:37Okay.
00:38:41Well...
00:38:41I saw our f***ing return fuel lines
00:38:45and it looks like the f***ing injectors, too.
00:38:48Kevin's last-ditch plant has backfired.
00:38:52When he turned up the plant,
00:38:54he increased his pump's water pressure
00:38:57to deal with the extra dirt.
00:38:59The added workload has blown
00:39:01the pump's fuel lines and injectors.
00:39:03This kind of puts us dead in the water
00:39:05until we can fix it,
00:39:07find a replacement or something.
00:39:10You know, so close to the end.
00:39:14Can't f***ing stop now, though.
00:39:16So, I will go bug-face
00:39:18and see if she can do the magic that she do.
00:39:21Because, yeah, if not, well,
00:39:23that's it.
00:39:23We're f***ing done.
00:39:41Hey, Grace.
00:39:42Hey.
00:39:45How's it going?
00:39:47Uh, the pump has basically gone c***ing bluey.
00:39:51Uh...
00:39:51Oh, f***.
00:39:52Okay.
00:39:55Um...
00:39:56And you...
00:39:56I'm guessing you can't fix it.
00:39:59I know the last time
00:40:00we tried to get similar f***ing parts,
00:40:02there was at least a two-week f***ing venture, so...
00:40:04And with the time we have left,
00:40:06I don't think that's going to work.
00:40:08Or we could try.
00:40:10Asking Tony, see what he says.
00:40:14Yeah.
00:40:15Don't really like to go back to the old man.
00:40:18I'd rather we fail on our own
00:40:20than just keep getting help.
00:40:25It is close to the end of season.
00:40:27Chances are someone's selling him a pump.
00:40:29Yeah.
00:40:30Yeah.
00:40:31I'll reach out to a couple miners
00:40:33that I know around the area.
00:40:36Yeah.
00:40:37Well, I'll go, yeah,
00:40:40redirect the troops
00:40:41if you want to get on that and...
00:40:43Best of luck, man.
00:40:44You as well.
00:40:49Well, f***ing sucks.
00:40:54Really hopes you can pull something
00:40:55out of the f***ing ether.
00:40:58If I don't get the pump,
00:40:59I don't know if we're going to be able
00:41:01to come back.
00:41:02I'm a bit worried.
00:41:03This is Kevin's dream.
00:41:05This is our dream,
00:41:06to run a business ourselves.
00:41:10Hopefully, we get to keep on
00:41:11with this dream.
00:41:20So, I got my fingers crossed.
00:41:23At Scribner Creek,
00:41:25Kevin's fight for survival
00:41:27relies on partner Faith
00:41:29finding a new pump
00:41:30for his wash plant.
00:41:33Got good news?
00:41:35The neighbor is shutting down.
00:41:36Yes.
00:41:37We have a pump right there.
00:41:38That's very nice.
00:41:40Yes.
00:41:41I assume we're first in line.
00:41:42Yes.
00:41:43Well, at least we have to run
00:41:44right now to go get it.
00:41:45What the f***ing hell.
00:41:47All right.
00:41:48Okay, I'm guessing
00:41:48you're going to go deal
00:41:49with the money part?
00:41:50Yes.
00:41:51I should go grab it?
00:41:52Yes.
00:41:53All right, sounds good.
00:41:53Let's do that.
00:41:59New pump on site.
00:42:02Kevin tasks Buzz Lago.
00:42:04Kevin, let's hook that first.
00:42:06With lifting the old one out
00:42:08and new one into position.
00:42:13You know, everybody's been
00:42:14busting their asses off
00:42:16around here this season,
00:42:17trying to make things happen
00:42:19so you can hit that season goal.
00:42:22Then this big hit and pump goes.
00:42:25This is quite a heart wrench.
00:42:28Hopefully everything works out.
00:42:31All right.
00:42:32Let's fire it up.
00:42:34Let's fire it up.
00:42:35Let's fire it up.
00:42:37Let's fire it up.
00:42:41I can see it from here.
00:42:42We got water.
00:42:44Means pump is working.
00:42:46She's flowing all the way over there.
00:42:49Listen to how nice that f***ing sounds.
00:42:53Very nice.
00:42:55Back to getting some f***ing gold.
00:42:56F*** yeah.
00:42:59Oh-ho!
00:42:59Beauty!
00:43:17Hello?
00:43:18Hello, hello.
00:43:19It's running again.
00:43:21Yay!
00:43:23Oh my gosh.
00:43:25And with the pay file,
00:43:26we can at least get through it now.
00:43:27You saved the day, Faith.
00:43:31Faith, if you're finding that bump, it's running lovely.
00:43:34We can finally get through our pay mountain.
00:43:36Plants all turned up.
00:43:38I think it's a good day.
00:44:01We're finally on pay, boys.
00:44:04Start making that stockpile.
00:44:06Well, hot diggity dog.
00:44:08Oh, time.
00:44:11In the last chance cut,
00:44:13the Ness crew have finally hit pay
00:44:15and now must sluice Ness.
00:44:18Nonstop to have any hope of reaching
00:44:21their 1,800-ounce goal.
00:44:25We're way too close to the end of the season
00:44:27to be sitting at 400 and some ounces shy of our goal.
00:44:31It's gonna come down right for the last day.
00:44:33Just go right on top.
00:44:36The crew hustle to build a stockpile
00:44:39in time to fire up for night shift.
00:44:43There it is.
00:44:44There's some good-sized boulders,
00:44:46which is a good sign.
00:44:48There's normally good gold.
00:44:51I just hope that there's gonna be enough gold in it
00:44:53to reach our goal.
00:44:58The rock looks good.
00:44:59It does, actually.
00:45:03The weather's moving in,
00:45:04so it's gonna be pretty important
00:45:05once this plant fires up
00:45:06that we don't stop running this plant.
00:45:16It's chilly.
00:45:17Yes.
00:45:19Six hours after hitting pay,
00:45:21as the temperatures drop to 28 degrees,
00:45:25there's finally enough stockpiled pay
00:45:28to fire up.
00:45:30She's frosty.
00:45:32Yeah, the carpets are hard.
00:45:34Ain't gonna thaw until we get fired up.
00:45:36Nope.
00:45:42Boy, she sounds cold.
00:45:48It's time.
00:45:50Rick better get his night shift ready.
00:45:53That ain't shutting off.
00:46:00You ready for this, buddy?
00:46:02Yeah.
00:46:05Everything's fueled.
00:46:06Everything's topped off.
00:46:06So I think you guys are ready to rock and roll, man.
00:46:09Thanks again.
00:46:09Bye, brother.
00:46:10Thanks, Kyle.
00:46:11Get the out of here for the night.
00:46:12All right, you ready?
00:46:13Let's do it, buddy.
00:46:17Rick and Zee step up to work through the night
00:46:21so the exhausted crew can get some sleep.
00:46:33We've got no choice right now.
00:46:34We've got to run the wheels off of everything
00:46:35if we want to get to 1,800 ounces.
00:46:37And running a night shift is the way we've got to do it.
00:46:41Hey, Rick, you got a copy?
00:46:43Yeah, go ahead.
00:46:45I'll tell you what.
00:46:45It's more stressful doing it at night.
00:46:48It's really hard to see.
00:46:50I've been told I do my best work in the dark,
00:46:52but I don't know about this.
00:46:56This is Zee's last shift before he
00:46:58heads home for the season.
00:47:01It sucks going home this early.
00:47:04I'm just stressed at home.
00:47:06We haven't hit our goal yet, so if you have pay
00:47:09laying on the ground and there's hours left in the day,
00:47:13you run the plan.
00:47:29Hey, Rick, you got a copy?
00:47:31Yeah, I'll go for it.
00:47:32There's a clog on this hopper.
00:47:35.
00:47:43Damn it.
00:47:48Dude, this whole feeder's piled up.
00:47:51I don't know why it stopped.
00:47:53Something got caught in there.
00:48:05There's two flat rocks just jammed in here on the side.
00:48:08It's loose now.
00:48:11You can see all the flat ones here, too.
00:48:13Look, that got through.
00:48:14I know.
00:48:14I think that's it.
00:48:18I think that's it.
00:48:19Let's give her .
00:48:27.
00:48:29It ain't spinning.
00:48:31Oh .
00:48:51That head drum's spinning, but it's not catching the belt.
00:48:55Can't get traction.
00:48:56At Dunkin' Creek, the feed conveyor on Rick's monster red wash plant
00:49:02has failed to fire up in the cold.
00:49:05Maybe I'll just heat that up.
00:49:07Can you grab that tiger torch?
00:49:09Yeah.
00:49:14Thanks, buddy.
00:49:17This is the head drum.
00:49:18This is what turns.
00:49:21It's really cold, so when rubber gets cold, it gets hard,
00:49:25and it's just not catching.
00:49:26I should just be able to add some heat to it, warm it up.
00:49:29It should get some traction.
00:49:37Shutting it down like this is a killer.
00:49:49Oh, that should do it.
00:49:51Should be warm enough to get going.
00:49:52We'll see.
00:49:54Good.
00:49:54Here we go.
00:49:56Ready?
00:49:57Yeah, hit it.
00:50:07Keep moving.
00:50:09We're good.
00:50:11.
00:50:11Yeah.
00:50:12Good to go, buddy.
00:50:16If you don't laugh, it's just going to make you crazy.
00:50:19.
00:50:20Love it, buddy.
00:50:21Nice job.
00:50:23There's always something happening.
00:50:24Especially this time of year.
00:50:26But we are still running, and we're going to stay that way.
00:50:30But we've got a long ways to go.
00:50:49Mike, do you have a coffee, Mike?
00:50:52Is someone calling for me?
00:50:53Yeah, Mike.
00:50:54We're all done with the pay.
00:50:55We just put the last bucket through for the season.
00:51:18Tony's Harold Wash plant has run the last of its pay pile, putting the king, a plant down, in his
00:51:26battle, to build a plant.
00:51:27He's going to beat Parker.
00:51:29We're still going, sluicing away with three and a goal.
00:51:32So, as long as the weather is holding up, we will be sluicing.
00:51:37If that means you're missing a night to sleep, or so be it.
00:51:41But we got to go, we got to go.
00:51:44Tony heads back to Indian River to keep his two shaker decks on the gold, leaving youngest son, Mike, at
00:51:53Paradise Hill to finish a stockpile at the beat's biggest gold producer, the Trum.
00:52:02The end is nigh.
00:52:03I am looking forward to being done for the year, because I am tired, but I'm going to have to
00:52:08run us 24 hours a day to get through all the pay I got.
00:52:12I want to go out with lots of gold, you know, go out and bang, as it were.
00:52:18Copy, Mike?
00:52:20Yeah, go ahead.
00:52:21Yeah, their distributor is spinning.
00:52:23I need you over here now.
00:52:25Shut her down.
00:52:26I'll be there in a second.
00:52:27Copy.
00:52:28You know, I really don't need no big problems today.
00:52:37What the kind of idiot?
00:52:42Look at this.
00:52:44Just look at this.
00:52:51Holy .
00:52:56The whole thing is full of big rocks.
00:52:58That completely jammed up my distributor.
00:53:03Oh, man.
00:53:04This is a serious .
00:53:10The Trummel filters gold from worthless dirt, throwing the waste tailings out the back of its barrel.
00:53:19Overnight, these tailings have built up, spilling into a shoot that feeds the plant's distributor box.
00:53:26The spinning pipes that should evenly spread the gold-rich slurry into the sluice runs below have clogged up, eventually
00:53:35blocking the whole distributor.
00:53:38To clear the system, Mike needs to remove the rock gem and flush out the box, including half a night's
00:53:46worth of gold-rich pay dirt.
00:53:50Start our zephyr!
00:53:54Start our zephyr!
00:53:56Start our zephyr!
00:54:02There's a ton of rocks.
00:54:04Big rocks.
00:54:05As you can see, coming out.
00:54:08It's a long and painful process of just getting in there and pulling it out.
00:54:14As far as the Trummel goes, it's the biggest s*** up I've ever seen.
00:54:24Watch out, gentlemen!
00:54:26Halfway through his day shift, Mike has enough cleared to open up the bypass and flush the rest of the
00:54:34rocks and the gold-rich pay dirt.
00:54:37Love to hear that.
00:54:39That's the sound of money washing away.
00:54:43Turn on the distributor, please!
00:54:55It's s***!
00:54:57It's s***!
00:54:59He says it's s***!
00:55:01Huh?
00:55:02He went like this.
00:55:03He says it's s***!
00:55:04It's s***!
00:55:10The motor's fried!
00:55:17Kill it!
00:55:24The motor's broken.
00:55:37Get that one off, get him to bring it up here.
00:55:39At Paradise Hill, after clearing a rock jam in the Trummel's distributor, now it won't fire up, leaving the beats
00:55:49with just two plants running.
00:55:51Ah, you s***!
00:55:52And only days of sluicing left.
00:55:55Whoa!
00:55:56It's a little on the crispy side.
00:55:59The rock got caught, and if jam the f*** stopped and the f***ing motor couldn't turn.
00:56:05Unable to turn the distributor, the motor burnt itself out, and needs replacing.
00:56:13I got a motor here.
00:56:14Hopefully we don't have any problems with this one.
00:56:17Okay, gentlemen, we're gonna start putting it back together.
00:56:20Everybody in the hole.
00:56:24I could be sluicing tonight.
00:56:25That's if everything goes right.
00:56:27But considering how my luck's been going with this plant, I'm probably gonna find about eight little problems.
00:56:35Okay, you're good to go.
00:56:38Once it warms, fire it up, and just turn on the distributor!
00:56:51It works good!
00:56:56Turn the sluice box on!
00:57:08Ah, there it's good.
00:57:14There you go.
00:57:15Got it working again.
00:57:17Awesome.
00:57:31After eight hours shut down, Mike has the Beats family
00:57:39empire back to running three plants for the final push.
00:57:44It was quite a disaster, Dave.
00:57:46Yeah.
00:57:47Good job, man.
00:57:48That's all I can say.
00:57:50Unfortunately, I'm experienced in it.
00:57:52I know.
00:58:14The temperatures are well below freezing.
00:58:18Was hoping to be in a better place than we are right now.
00:58:21But it is what it is.
00:58:23We still got pay dirt here, and we've got a cut that needs to be down to gravel.
00:58:26We're gonna get it sluice next season.
00:58:30At Kennan Stewart's, Parker has foreman Mitch running night shift to help him beat Tony.
00:58:37And Mitch wants to finish ahead of schedule.
00:58:42I'm trying to make it home in time for my daughter's birthday and for that to happen.
00:58:46I've got to have everything here finished tonight and be on the road first thing in the morning.
00:58:52Got quite a bit of pay here to get through.
00:58:55I'm not a real big fan of the night shifts, but the stuff we all gotta do, you know.
00:59:01By the end of the shift, Sean must sluice 2,000 yards of the pay pile through wash plant Roxanne.
00:59:10And in the cut, Mitch and Brennan and two D11 dozers must remove the final acre of a four-foot
00:59:18-deep layer of mud.
00:59:21Then rip through the frozen pay layer beneath to allow it to thaw.
00:59:29We're just gonna have to push through and get it all done as fast as we can here.
00:59:34This is it, we gotta make her happen tonight.
00:59:41I appreciate you putting in the extra hours out here to help me get all this done.
00:59:46Aw man, I couldn't be happier to help you, my friend.
00:59:48I'm hoping to be able to get home for my daughter's birthday in time.
00:59:52How old is she turning this year?
00:59:55Dude, gonna be six already.
00:59:58Feels like two years ago when I was racing home to be there when she was born.
01:00:05Yeah man, seeing how old Pistol is now, dude.
01:00:09It's hard not to get sad and look back on all the days that I missed of him being a
01:00:13young kid, you know.
01:00:14But, uh, I've always been able to block it out of my mind pretty good while I'm up here.
01:00:26You know, you don't need to lie saying that you blocked things out of your mind there.
01:00:30I know there's not much up there anyway.
01:00:32Ha ha ha ha.
01:00:40Come on baby, come on.
01:00:45Oh, come on baby, come on, come on.
01:00:47Keep going.
01:00:51Yeah buddy, we're rolling it now.
01:00:54Oh, the worst power side by side here, Mitch.
01:00:57Buddy, there it is, look at that pile of dirt.
01:01:08I'm starting to see some gravel here kicking up. How are you looking?
01:01:12Guys, I think I'm starting to see you the same here. Hell yeah.
01:01:16Let's get this stuff ripped up and out of here on time.
01:01:20Right on buddy.
01:01:22Mud removed, Mitch and Brennan used the D11's powerful rippers to tear up the frozen gravel layer.
01:01:34Oh, you gotta be kidding me. Come on man.
01:01:44Oh man, she's ground right down.
01:01:48There is no way that's gonna make it.
01:01:59We are so close to having this done, but that tooth is not gonna make it through the rest of
01:02:03this.
01:02:04At Kennan Stewart's, Mitch Blaschke's mission to rip a frozen cut by morning has ground to a halt.
01:02:13You can see here, this is our ripper tooth.
01:02:16When you're ripping in this gravel, it's so abrasive that this last little bit that's left here,
01:02:21like that'll be gone in a couple of pushes.
01:02:23We're gonna rip down, grab a new tooth. We'll be able to finish this out with one more.
01:02:28If the tooth is left to wear down any further, the ripper shank will be damaged.
01:02:37Sun's starting to come up. We don't got a lot of time left.
01:02:40We got some spare parts up top. Let's go have a look.
01:02:45Let's get this thing done, man. We're so close.
01:02:55What the is it heavy?
01:02:58We're gonna rip down, throw it on that dozer.
01:03:01Get back out there.
01:03:06Found one, buddy.
01:03:10You ready?
01:03:16Perfect.
01:03:17All right, let's get back out there. We're about out of time.
01:03:19Sounds good.
01:03:26Yeah, buddy, here we go.
01:03:29Back in action.
01:03:37Just gotta get this last little bit ripped.
01:03:39We're gonna have this thing done.
01:03:50Well, Brennan, I'm seeing lots of rock in this.
01:03:53I think this is exactly where we need to be.
01:03:55Oh, that's the best news I've heard all night, man.
01:03:59We've got this cut down on gravel for next season here at Ken's.
01:04:10Well, buddy, we did it.
01:04:11Yeah, nice work, brother.
01:04:12Man, what a project, dude. What a season.
01:04:15It's been a hell of a year working with you, man.
01:04:18Yeah, man, it's been a fun year.
01:04:21I gotta get down and check on Roxanne.
01:04:32You never know what the weather's gonna do up here in the Yukon.
01:04:35It's our first snowfall for the season.
01:04:38Hopefully this doesn't hang around for long.
01:04:41It's such a good feeling here to be at the finish line.
01:04:46Well, here comes the boss now.
01:04:55What's happening?
01:04:56Oh, you know.
01:05:00Beautiful day.
01:05:01Yeah.
01:05:04We knew it was coming.
01:05:07Hopefully it doesn't hang out for too long, get it to burn off.
01:05:10It's gonna be a nice day.
01:05:12Yeah.
01:05:14Um, well, it looks like you're about done.
01:05:16You don't have much of a pile left.
01:05:18Yeah, I was shrinking pretty quick.
01:05:20Stripping is done, so we made it.
01:05:23Sweet.
01:05:24You've done your tour of duty.
01:05:25You've had a hell of a season, Mitch.
01:05:28Good job, man.
01:05:29Thanks, dude. Appreciate it.
01:05:41This is so awesome to see what we've accomplished this season.
01:05:45What the best boat is now.
01:05:47It's time to go home and I need to spend some time with my family.
01:05:50He's done an incredible job, but regardless of that, we've got a lot of ground still to mine.
01:06:09It's just a few sweet slaps.
01:06:12The Ness crew have been running last chance pay through Monster Red flat out for four days.
01:06:21The material looks really good.
01:06:24Hopefully it's gonna deliver us close to 420 ounces.
01:06:28You know, I'm pretty confident that we'll get a good clean out on this, but will it be enough?
01:06:33I'm not sure.
01:06:35If we can get our 1,800-ounce gold, Rick will give us a gold bonus, so I'm gonna cross
01:06:40my fingers.
01:06:43We're out of pay. We gotta shut down.
01:06:45That's it.
01:06:48Shut it down.
01:06:50With the last chance pay done, Rick calls time on the season.
01:06:57That's it.
01:06:59Now we just gotta hope that the gold's in the box.
01:07:02We gotta weigh it up and see where we end up.
01:07:08After cleaning up the gold, Rick's crew gather in the only bar in Keno for the make-or-break final
01:07:16gold way of the season.
01:07:18What a year.
01:07:19A little stressful.
01:07:21Yeah, this year we're gonna f*** around for us all year.
01:07:25Hello.
01:07:25What's going on, Rick?
01:07:27You guys are all here waiting on me?
01:07:29Yeah.
01:07:29I got a present for you.
01:07:31Oh.
01:07:35Here's my drink, yeah.
01:07:37Oh, look at that.
01:07:37Thanks, sir.
01:07:39Yeah, any season.
01:07:40We made it through another one, though.
01:07:42Yeah.
01:07:42Time to find out if they've banked enough gold to make their bonus and secure their future, or if it's
01:07:51time for Rick to sell up.
01:07:54I don't ever want to start a season like we did this year.
01:07:57It's just this water licensing.
01:07:58It's just so tough.
01:07:59We were lucky to find some ground this spring.
01:08:02We got some gold out of it.
01:08:04I think there's gold there.
01:08:05It's definitely good for the future.
01:08:06I don't know what you guys think about it, but would you come back for Lightning Creek?
01:08:11That's a, I hate to be in that, dude, but that's a tough one for me to come back to
01:08:16if we don't have a water license for Duncan Creek.
01:08:19I'm going to be honest, man.
01:08:20I'm in limbo.
01:08:22Yeah, for sure.
01:08:23I don't know what it looks like yet.
01:08:24I'll be honest with you.
01:08:25We're just trying to survive this season at the moment.
01:08:29Well, maybe we should see what we got, eh?
01:08:31Let's do it.
01:08:31Let's do it.
01:08:32I'm sure you're dying to know.
01:08:33All right, we are.
01:08:35To hit his 1,800-ounce goal, Rick needs the last chance cut to deliver 420 ounces.
01:08:46All right, moment of truth.
01:08:5010, 20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.
01:09:15131.91.
01:09:21Oh.
01:09:23But, we got more.
01:09:26All right, there's 100.
01:09:30There's no 100.
01:09:36That means 431.91.
01:09:41That's it.
01:09:43On that last one-week cleanup.
01:09:46Worth over $1,727,000.
01:09:521,811.56.
01:09:54That's so close, it's ridiculous.
01:09:55Yeah.
01:09:57Yeah.
01:09:58Nice job, guys.
01:09:59Great.
01:10:00That last chance paid off.
01:10:03It paid off.
01:10:04It paid off, man.
01:10:05100%.
01:10:05Yeah.
01:10:06Rick's final total is worth over $7,246,000.
01:10:15That's awesome.
01:10:16Yeah.
01:10:16Isn't it?
01:10:16Yeah.
01:10:17Right.
01:10:18It looked bad this season for a while, but we're set.
01:10:22We got everything we need, and you guys get the bonus you deserve.
01:10:26So, there's a bonus in every one of these jars for you guys.
01:10:29Nice.
01:10:29You guys earned it.
01:10:30Yeah.
01:10:30You guys earned it.
01:10:32No, you earned it.
01:10:34You worked damn hard for it.
01:10:35There's not a season that we haven't been with you that we have not hit our total now.
01:10:39If there's a team to do it, it's us.
01:10:42Jerry.
01:10:43Jerry.
01:10:44Thanks so much.
01:10:47It was not an easy one.
01:10:49It was hard fought, a lot of bull .
01:10:52There's some uncertainty, but for now, we hit 1,800 ounces, and we get our gold bonus.
01:10:58It was a hard season.
01:11:00I did not think we were going to do it, but we did it.
01:11:02I'm ready to keep getting gold, and I can't wait until next year.
01:11:06This was a close one.
01:11:07We hit our goal.
01:11:08We beat it by 11 ounces.
01:11:10That's insanely close.
01:11:12This season was a fight.
01:11:13There's no doubt about that.
01:11:14Right from the get-go, it just had disaster written all over it.
01:11:17This industry, man, it beats it out of you.
01:11:20Tony and Parker offered me a lot of money for this ground.
01:11:22I'm going to leave on my own terms, and if Parker and Tony are still offering when that time comes,
01:11:27well, then there we go.
01:11:29But we get through this year.
01:11:30We can get through any year.
01:11:44Well, what do you think, guys?
01:11:46I think it's getting cold, Tony.
01:11:47Our balls are almost freezing off.
01:11:49Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:11:50Do we like to keep on going?
01:11:52Sure, sure, sure.
01:11:53Anyway, do you think it's time to shut it down otherwise?
01:11:56I think so.
01:11:59It's closing time across the Beats family empire.
01:12:04Last bucket, eh?
01:12:05Yep, last bucket of pay.
01:12:07We're finally done.
01:12:08Yeah, so let's shut her down, and then we've got a full clean-up.
01:12:10Yep.
01:12:13And as Tony shuts down...
01:12:17Big red.
01:12:19Dead for the season.
01:12:22Parker's crew also called time on the season.
01:12:26We're done.
01:12:30Good job.
01:12:31We did it.
01:12:32That's a hell of a pit to get done.
01:12:34Yeah.
01:12:34When we started it, I didn't think we'd get through it all.
01:12:37I mean, the golden mile was literally a mile.
01:12:40Let's get a clean-up done and see what's in it.
01:12:43Whatever Tony's got.
01:12:44I want to get more.
01:12:54It's time for a final Gold Ways shootout to see who is the Yukon's top dog.
01:13:02Mining mogul Parker Schnabel or Klondike kingpin Tony Beats.
01:13:09Both have four plants to weigh.
01:13:12With Tony just 120 ounces in the lead.
01:13:21Hi, guys.
01:13:23Hi.
01:13:24Hi, Monica.
01:13:27Guys, this is our last Gold Ways.
01:13:29I think Kevin and Faith just pulled up.
01:13:31Perfect.
01:13:32Good.
01:13:32Then we get the show on the road.
01:13:35Before Tony's gold hits the scales, he wants to see where his young pup has ended up.
01:13:42Kevin owes his dad and landlord 10% royalties on all his gold.
01:13:49How you like paying bills?
01:13:51Oh.
01:13:52Not very well.
01:13:54Is that a surprise?
01:13:56Yeah, I never worry about that stuff.
01:13:57That's the problem.
01:13:58I know.
01:13:58That's the problem.
01:13:59I think we're the same in that manner.
01:14:01You're actually admitting you're a little bit the same as your father?
01:14:04Oh, that's definitely part of where we're alike.
01:14:06Anyway, are you going to hit your goal?
01:14:08Don't know.
01:14:09That's why we brought our jars here.
01:14:11Fingers crossed.
01:14:13Kevin has three weeks of running to weigh.
01:14:15He needs nearly 800 ounces, over double his best ever gold haul, to hit his 2,000 ounce gold.
01:14:26So, let's see what we've got.
01:14:29Here you go.
01:14:30Shut up.
01:14:3210, 20, 40, 60, 70, 90, 100, 120, 150, 180, 189, 200.
01:14:45220.
01:14:46230.
01:14:4750.
01:14:48260.
01:14:49270.
01:14:50300.
01:14:50330.
01:14:51350.
01:14:53376.
01:14:56376.16.
01:14:58So, how much was your total now?
01:15:00That's 1,591.
01:15:02Are you going to be able to mine next year?
01:15:05I mean, it's a good thing the gold price is this high.
01:15:08The start of next season will be a little stressful.
01:15:12For, uh, yeah, we get to come back next year.
01:15:15Yay!
01:15:16Wait, are you sure you're happy about that?
01:15:18Some more suffering, Faith.
01:15:22Kevin finishes over 400 ounces below target.
01:15:26But, with record gold prices, his 1,591 ounce haul is still worth over $6.3 million.
01:15:38I'm personally happy to hear that you guys are coming back next year.
01:15:42Thank you, thank you.
01:15:43We should probably weigh up some stuff.
01:15:46Now, for the main event.
01:15:49So, Parker had a good season.
01:15:50I think I can beat Parker.
01:15:55Let's find a lot you're putting in.
01:15:57Okay, do it.
01:15:58First up, find a lot's gold from the corner cut, where it's averaging 250 ounces a week.
01:16:07140, 170, 200, 202.18.
01:16:12That's it?
01:16:14Yeah, well, that's whatever, that's okay.
01:16:16Done, on to the next one.
01:16:18Sluice a lot, there we go.
01:16:21Sluice a lot ran Tony's new early bird cut extension, that earlier in the season delivered 300 ounces a week.
01:16:30210, 230, 240, 250, to 66.96.
01:16:37That's pretty damn good.
01:16:38I mean, that cut did very good this spring.
01:16:41That early bird did very good on the end.
01:16:44Good start, good finish.
01:16:45That's right.
01:16:46Absolutely.
01:16:47That works.
01:16:47So that was all the Indian River stuff?
01:16:50Tony's Indian River haul brings his total to 10,681 ounces, stretching his lead over Parker by nearly 600 ounces.
01:17:02You should do the hill stuff now?
01:17:03Yes, may as well.
01:17:04As the king prepares his next gold pour.
01:17:0910 miles away.
01:17:11Yo, yo.
01:17:13The mining mogul is getting ready to fight back.
01:17:17Do you realize, collectively, we have sluiced over 10,000 hours this year?
01:17:24Yeah, we were busy.
01:17:25I was just doing the numbers, we sluiced 2 million yards.
01:17:29Oh, .
01:17:31I'd be surprised if Tony beats us.
01:17:33Yep.
01:17:33Okay, should we weigh some gold?
01:17:36All right, let's do it.
01:17:38This is Roxanne.
01:17:40First up, wash plant Roxanne, with the last of the gold from Ken and Stewart's, which last week delivered 134
01:17:51ounces.
01:17:5260, 80, and 94.90.
01:18:05Not bad, eh?
01:18:09Lone soul bob.
01:18:10Next, wash plant bob with the final bridge cut gold.
01:18:17Averaging 140 ounces a week.
01:18:1940.
01:18:2270.
01:18:2490.
01:18:30103.75.
01:18:34Yeah.
01:18:34Not bad, eh?
01:18:35Not bad.
01:18:36Triple digits.
01:18:37Yeah.
01:18:39Parker's total is up to 10,288, clawing Tony's lead down to less than 400 ounces, with the golden mile
01:18:49still to weigh.
01:18:51But the king is now ready to tally up his final two plants.
01:18:57Start with Harold, Michael?
01:18:58Yep.
01:19:00Harold has been running Hester Cut Pay.
01:19:04Last week, it brought in 130 ounces.
01:19:08Let's go.
01:19:0920, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 132.12.
01:19:22Nice to see, Mike.
01:19:23It is a nice little haul.
01:19:24All right, so we've got our last one.
01:19:27Are you ready to be jealous?
01:19:29I'm gonna be annoyed, aren't I?
01:19:31One.
01:19:32Last up, Mike's Trommel.
01:19:34Two.
01:19:34The monster plant's been running Paradise Hills White Channel Pay, averaging 320 ounces a week.
01:19:42Ready?
01:19:4420, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110.
01:19:54120, 130, 140, 150, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 240, 250, 260, 270, 270, 280, 350, 370, 380, 390, 410,
01:20:09417.36.
01:20:12Hot damn.
01:20:14Two million bucks.
01:20:15Not best for the last little haul.
01:20:17That's amazing.
01:20:18Our biggest season ever.
01:20:20The Beats finish with a colossal season total of 11,231 ounces, worth a massive $45 million.
01:20:35It was a great season, guys.
01:20:37Let's wrap her up and let's get on and off.
01:20:39Let's get ready for the next one.
01:20:41All right.
01:20:44That was a good season, my friend.
01:20:45It was a damn good season.
01:20:46Things fell in place.
01:20:48It's just nice to see at our age to come all this together that way.
01:20:52Yeah.
01:20:52But really, I'm ready to go start next spring.
01:20:55Not me.
01:20:55I want to have a holiday first.
01:20:57I almost guarantee I'll be the first one back in the Yukon.
01:21:02Tony walks away with a record-shattering season total, more than 940 ounces ahead of Parker.
01:21:12Now, the young buck needs a monster score from his last two plants.
01:21:17All righty.
01:21:18Let's see how the golden mile finished off.
01:21:20Parker is combining his golden goose and big red wash plants into one final double pour.
01:21:26Together, they ran the end of the golden mile, the richest cut Parker's mined this season.
01:21:33130, 180, 220, 240.
01:21:41Keeps coming, eh?
01:21:43260, 300, 307.95.
01:21:56So where'd we end up?
01:21:59This week, 506.6.
01:22:03Our season total, 10,596.45 ounces.
01:22:12I'm just gonna say 10,600.
01:22:14I'm sure there's three extra ounces in that safe somewhere.
01:22:17Yeah.
01:22:17Well done, gentlemen.
01:22:19Well done.
01:22:20That's awesome.
01:22:2010,600.
01:22:21That's sweet.
01:22:22That's sweet.
01:22:23Parker finishes 630 ounces behind Tony, the now undisputed king of the Klondike.
01:22:31But his 10,600 ounces is still Parker's biggest ever season haul, worth $42 million.
01:22:43We had a really good season.
01:22:44You know, this last week, I think, probably could have pulled a little more gold out if
01:22:49we didn't have as many problems as we did.
01:22:51But overall, you know, super solid year.
01:22:56Parker's such a smart miner.
01:22:58Parker's such a smart miner.
01:22:58As I look back through the years, from a snot-nosed kid at 38 ounces for his first season to
01:23:0410,000
01:23:05ounces now, it's amazing.
01:23:08Just totally amazing.
01:23:11We'll be back next year, and we'll hopefully do even more.
01:23:15And I'm ready to hunt for the next big project, right?
01:23:19Like, the elephant gun is loaded, and we need to find where to go next.
01:23:26The End
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