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Gold Rush: Alaska - Season 16 - Episode 18: Golden Goose, Wounded Moose
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00:03You're watching Discovery On Demand.
00:13Oh, no.
00:20F***ing thing is half sunk.
00:23I mean, he ran out of the road.
00:26A real f***ing disaster.
00:28What the f***?
00:29Get that excavator over there and hurry the f*** up.
00:35On this gold rush, 24 nonstop hours with Klondike legend, Tony Beetz.
00:44You've got to be kidding me.
00:46From training new recruits.
00:48What a f***ing job.
00:50To revealing another Beetz family member.
00:53Okay, drag the f*** out there, Gus.
00:55And cashing in on record gold prices.
00:59Well, that should be pretty much a million bucks.
01:26You're getting older, but you're not slowing down.
01:28At all.
01:29Yeah, so.
01:30Maybe you slow down, you go backwards.
01:33There's something wrong with you, man.
01:35Tony's day starts normally enough with a visit from wife Minnie.
01:41If you would have told me that I would end up marrying that dude, I would have said, yeah, not
01:45in this lifetime.
01:46No, I don't think so.
01:48Yeah, but you're only one left.
01:49We had run out of girls in that town.
01:51You're lucky I was still available.
01:52You'd be selling...
01:54No one else picked you up, pal.
01:56No, no, no.
01:57You would be living with your mummy.
01:58Well, so?
02:00The world would have never known you.
02:04Tony is spending the season living at his massive 1,200-acre Indian River operation, where he's been sluicing nonstop
02:12for months.
02:13While Minnie stays 40 miles away at the family base, Paradise Hill, where son Mike runs the trample.
02:25I'll have to buy a helicopter so he can hop back and forth.
02:29Sure, we'll get right on that.
02:31Do it while the gold price is high.
02:33Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:34$3,683.
02:36Well, that's doing okay, that gold price.
02:38What a time to be mining, eh?
02:41I still remember when we were selling it for $350.
02:44$300, $350.
02:47Those were skinny days, eh?
02:49Tony and Minnie came to the Yukon from the Netherlands over 40 years ago with just $300 and built their
02:58kingdom from the ground up.
03:00You know, I think it's time for breakfast.
03:02Want to go to the kitchen, chick?
03:03Yeah, I am.
03:04Let's go to the kitchen.
03:05There you go.
03:07Let's go do that.
03:09Hey.
03:13Hey, guys.
03:14Hey, guys.
03:15Hey, guys.
03:22You got to take lots of honey, lots of sugar, so you'll be sweet all day, you know.
03:34What's your plan for the rest of the day?
03:36So our Monica's going to bring up the A50 today?
03:38Yeah.
03:39Do a rock rock.
03:41Well, that'll be good.
03:42It will be nice if we can smell some gold today.
03:45Let's see if we can get organized.
03:46And don't forget, you also have a visitor coming today, eh?
03:49Yeah, my brother is coming, isn't he?
03:51Yeah.
03:51Any other surprises?
03:53None that I know of.
03:54And if I would tell you, it wouldn't be a surprise.
03:57Not at all.
03:58I have to go back to the hill.
04:00Okay, let's do it.
04:01See you later.
04:01You got to go, man.
04:02Hurry.
04:06Well, let's have a look, see what's all happened.
04:10Tony's first priority is to do his morning drive-bys in the Indian River Cuts.
04:17Even on, drive.
04:21To get as much gold out of the ground as he can while the price is hot, Tony has built
04:28a 70-strong workforce comprised of mostly new employees.
04:34So right now, we're running a little over 30 rock trucks, and I honestly don't know how
04:38many hoes it is.
04:39You got to count them.
04:41Downtime on either wash plant costs Tony $8,000 an hour, so he needs to make sure his operators
04:49are firing on all cylinders.
04:53Yeah, we'll see what can the commotion be we got here this morning.
05:18Hey, I didn't know what to do where the f*** you come from.
05:22F***, idiot.
05:25Where's dumb f***?
05:26F*** is in that f***ing rock truck.
05:29You're an absolute waste of f***ing time.
05:31F***, Alex.
05:35So I'm going to go to the other cup, see what's happening down there.
05:41I have my days.
05:45I'm usually nicer in the morning than in the afternoon.
05:52Hey, stupid f***.
05:55You got some fat f*** around here.
05:59Maybe I'm maturing a little bit and I'm getting more polite.
06:11Let's have a peek over the heads.
06:13Let's have a peek over the heads.
06:15This is still no f***ing good.
06:17And it's still a s***.
06:19This is all the f***ing way down.
06:20Not worth a s***.
06:22So, have a nice s*** day.
06:27Oh, I'm on a roll.
06:38You know, we have some real good people.
06:42Right?
06:43Our core is very good.
06:44And some people, you just don't know.
06:46All they need is an opportunity.
06:51We're going to go see Austin here right now.
06:54So, let's see.
06:58Rookie operator Austin LePage is opening more ground
07:02using the 100-ton 950 excavator,
07:06the biggest in Tony's fleet.
07:08It's a whole different experience running 950 compared to a 349.
07:17Not used to it at all.
07:21See?
07:23He misses half the bucket.
07:25What a f***ing job.
07:27Me way better off doing it myself.
07:30Austin, do you copy?
07:32Austin, do you copy?
07:33Go ahead, Tony.
07:34Get the f***ing out.
07:42Let's see if I can do this.
07:49Whoa, lady!
07:51F***ing hit the brakes.
07:56There's lots of good people around.
07:58You just got to find the ones that you can work with.
08:01Once you have a bright one in the crowd,
08:03you teach them,
08:04you get them the way you want them.
08:06Okay, Austin.
08:11There?
08:12Yep.
08:15Well, why do you have a bucket?
08:18Why do you lay it in there
08:19like you have f***ing eggs in the c***?
08:22Still can't get over how much dirt fits in that bucket.
08:25Well, you'll get used to it.
08:28By loading full buckets instead of half,
08:31Tony is able to move an extra five tons per bucket,
08:35getting him down to the gold faster.
08:39They put the bucket full in there.
08:42Load the truck.
08:50I have so much fun doing this, pal.
08:53I have trouble walking the f*** away from this.
08:56Yeah.
09:00La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
09:02Yeah, I love one more truck.
09:08F***ing I like this.
09:16F***ing I'll do it.
09:19Go play.
09:22All right.
09:22Let's go, go, go, go.
09:24Let's go.
09:30So it's going to take him and beat the cats on.
09:33He just has to get used to the size of everything.
09:36So as soon as he figures out where he's had with a bucket
09:39and a couple loads, he'll do this fine.
09:44Yeah, it's quite the experience to get taught how to operate
09:49by Tony Beetz.
09:52It's quite the machine to run.
09:55See?
09:55He just figured it out.
09:57It's all good.
10:06Tony, have you got a copy?
10:09Yeah, go ahead.
10:10Go ahead.
10:10Your guest has arrived.
10:12Okay, I'll be right there.
10:37Knock, knock.
10:38Knock, knock.
10:39See what the cat drug in?
10:41Hey.
10:42All right.
10:59Knock, knock.
11:00How's it going, man?
11:01Good, good, good.
11:02At Indian River, Tony Beetz's younger brother, Klaas,
11:06has come to visit.
11:08So, long trip up?
11:10Oh, yeah.
11:10Well, you know, you've done it yourself, right?
11:13Yeah, thanks so well.
11:15The brothers grew up working together on the family dairy farm in the Netherlands,
11:19where they ran equipment and looked after the cows.
11:24Tony left for the Klondike when he was 24 years old and Klaas was 14.
11:29Over a decade later, Klaas came to work for Tony, where he ran dozer, bringing along his son, Cousin Mike.
11:38Now, Klaas is a superintendent, building custom excavators for big construction projects,
11:44while Cousin Mike follows in his uncle's footsteps, chasing gold.
11:50How are you doing?
11:51Good, good, good.
11:52Living the dream.
11:53Oh, yeah.
11:54Price of gold is good.
11:55Everything is good.
11:56Everything is running.
11:57Hopefully it stays that way, eh?
11:59Well, if not, take what you can.
12:00Yeah.
12:01I always say you can always get more gold.
12:04We may not always be able to get this price.
12:06No.
12:07So, your beard is doing not too bad.
12:09Well, I knew you were coming, so I thought, hey, maybe I'll try to catch up.
12:13Yeah.
12:13Well, I like mine still better than yours, though, but...
12:16Okay, okay, but you have more time, too.
12:18This only took one year.
12:20Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.
12:22Well, you know, you were the first one, so you're a prototype, eh?
12:26Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:27I'm the second one, so I'd be perfect.
12:29Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:31When did you ask mom?
12:33Anyway, I've got to go finish my round.
12:36Yeah.
12:36We should go visit Mike, so let's go and look him up, see what the f*** he's doing.
12:40How was that?
12:41Okay?
12:49Michael D, copy, Michael D, copy.
12:51That's the wrong radio, Tony.
12:54Well, that shows how smart I am.
12:59Michael D, copy, Michael D, copy.
13:03Len D, copy, anybody copy at the plant?
13:07Maybe I'll turn it on.
13:12I won't tell anybody.
13:15F*** me.
13:19F***.
13:21F***.
13:24Hey, Michael D, copy, Michael D, copy.
13:28Hey.
13:29Hey, there's a f***ing guy over there you may know.
13:32Why don't you come to camp and have a look?
13:34I'll have a look.
13:35Okay.
13:36Do you like it?
13:38Well, he's not the prettiest.
13:54Ah, look what showed up.
14:00The young fella.
14:02Hey, Karel.
14:04How are you?
14:05Good to see you.
14:06Yeah.
14:06Yeah.
14:07Been a while.
14:07Been a while, yeah.
14:08Yeah.
14:09Everything okay?
14:09Yeah.
14:10Yeah, good.
14:10How are you?
14:11Good.
14:11Yeah, not too bad.
14:12Yeah.
14:13Have a good trip, yeah.
14:14Yeah.
14:15Yeah.
14:15Yeah.
14:16It's been a couple of years.
14:17Yeah.
14:18Yeah.
14:18Quite a few years, yeah.
14:19Lots has changed.
14:20Yeah?
14:21Yeah.
14:22Quite nice to see everything again.
14:25That is so touching, I almost said it to you.
14:27Yeah.
14:30Yeah.
14:31Yeah.
14:31So how are you getting along with that old guy?
14:34Oh, no, but you just got to put up with this s***, right?
14:37Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:39What do you got?
14:41Yeah.
14:42How's Tony?
14:43Good.
14:44Cousin Mike began working for Tony four years ago.
14:49We'll give him a class course.
14:50How's that?
14:52He started as an operator and quickly moved up the ranks.
14:57That's all good, so I don't have to send you back to your parents?
15:00I don't think so.
15:01You don't hang in there for a while?
15:04Now, Tony's nephew is foreman on the biggest claim and is one of his most trusted employees.
15:11Looking good.
15:12Drop your gun.
15:13Fire it back up.
15:15So you want to make a rip up to the captain?
15:17Sure.
15:17Let's have a look.
15:18Okay.
15:18Jump in, Mike.
15:19Let's go.
15:19Let's do it.
15:27So, yeah, last time you were here, how many years ago was that?
15:30Oh, it was 2011, I think.
15:34Oh, that's a couple days back, huh?
15:36Yeah.
15:36Time goes quick, though, doesn't it, right?
15:39And then Michael is here, of course, and that's all working out great.
15:42He's doing pretty much what you used to do here 15 years ago, so.
15:46Yeah.
15:46Yeah.
15:47Nice to see him doing that.
15:48Yeah.
15:49Yeah.
15:49Well, nice to see him work, anyway.
15:51My father, like, son, well, you never know, right?
15:54Yeah.
15:54He's, of course, not as good looking as us.
15:56No.
15:57Oh, yeah, yeah.
15:58He never will.
15:59Is that why you guys are hiding it?
16:01Yeah, yeah.
16:01No, no, no, no, no, no.
16:03We're not hiding nothing.
16:05See?
16:07Since Klaus left, the Beat Small Family business has more than doubled in size, exploding into
16:14an ever-expanding empire.
16:16Oh, quite an operation you have going, Tony.
16:19Well, what the f*** is happening, yeah?
16:20Tony is opening up even more ground on the other side of his claim, over two miles from
16:27where he did his rounds earlier in the day.
16:31Put that f***ing bucket of dirt in.
16:33Quit f***ing around over there, you.
16:35I throw the f***ing in there.
16:38Yeah, he hasn't done a full bucket yet, so.
16:41That's insane.
16:42Right?
16:43Yeah.
16:45Now I'm looking at these rock trucks for a second to see what the f*** is happening,
16:49because I'm not happy with this.
16:58Tony, you know, he's getting a little bit older.
17:02I think a little bit milder also.
17:07But he still can tell people what he wants done and how he wants it done.
17:13Hey!
17:14You down there.
17:15Can you look at me for a second?
17:17Make sure that that don't f***ing happen again, would you?
17:20Idiot.
17:22You will get the message across, yeah?
17:24Listen, you f***ing f***.
17:25You should have went the other way.
17:27You.
17:34What was Tony as a kid, well, he, uh, was my big brother.
17:39We have ten years of difference in between us.
17:42With that big of difference, and, uh, you look up to a bigger, older brother.
17:47We have a little bit of the same humor, so, yeah, I don't know, it was, uh, fun with him
17:51to work on the farm.
17:59Anyway, this is a little different than on the farm, huh?
18:02Yeah!
18:03Quite a bit different, yeah.
18:05Yeah.
18:05Something else on milking cows.
18:07That beats the f*** out of milking cows, I can tell you that much.
18:10Yeah.
18:11Anyway, yeah, I got s*** to do.
18:13You gonna play with Mike a bit, then it does it?
18:15Oh, well, yeah, I would love to, yeah.
18:17Maybe I have to show you guys how it's done.
18:22Yeah.
18:22Have fun, boys.
18:25Tony's 63-ton D10 dozers provide extra muscle to move overburden and open up more ground fast.
18:34So, here's the D10.
18:36A little newer than the one, uh, we ran 15 years ago.
18:39Still looks nice.
18:40I'll show you the new controls.
18:42Okay, yeah.
18:43And then we'll eat cat on one, and, uh, we'll do some pussing.
18:46Let's do it.
18:50So, this is forward and backwards.
18:52Yeah.
18:52Instead of that lever you had then, and now you steer with the fingers.
18:56Looks like straight forward.
18:58Well, I'll give it a try, Michael.
18:59All right.
19:00Let's do it.
19:00Yeah.
19:09So, in this, uh, direction, uh, Michael?
19:12Yeah, I saw that excavator sitting there loading trucks.
19:15Let's, uh, sit there side by side and put some dirt to that excavator.
19:20Okay, let's do it.
19:45Oh, this brings back memories, uh, Michael.
19:49Kind of nice of, uh, doing this again.
19:51It's nice to be doing it together now.
19:54Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, right.
19:58Well, I'm kind of proud of you, Michael.
20:00You're all doing this.
20:02I used to do it, and now you do it.
20:06Yeah, we didn't think that when, uh, when you were working here and I was, uh, 13 years old.
20:12Now, uh, I'm working here, and you're here for a visit.
20:17I think I'm still pushing more dirt than you themselves.
20:22Again, it's luck.
20:30Still to come.
20:31I put on two bras expecting a bumpy ride.
20:36You know what, the ?
20:38For the sake!
20:56That's a nice truck, eh?
20:57Yeah.
20:58Uh, shame we don't have more.
21:00At Paradise Hill, Tony's youngest kids, Mike and Monica, have just taken delivery of a brand-new 50-ton rock
21:10truck.
21:11Take travels, Monica.
21:12I'll miss you.
21:13I'll be back tomorrow.
21:15Now, Monica must drive the $600,000 truck 40 miles to Tony at the Indian River.
21:27Ooh, this chair!
21:31Come on, adjust.
21:34The A50 is the only full-suspension, articulated hauler of its size, making for a smooth ride.
21:43Kind of jealous.
21:44Kind of wish I could go drive it to the Indian.
21:49There seems to be a bit of, like, rivalry between the Indian River and the Hill, but you know what?
21:54Like, there's just more happening out in the Indian River right now, and also, where Tony is, is where the
22:00toys will be.
22:04I'm usually pretty busy in the gold room, it's kind of, like, where I'm stuck, so it's really nice to
22:09be able to do something new, because, yeah, it's been a hot minute since I got to do something so
22:14fun.
22:21The skies are blue, the leaves are green, and I'm in the shiniest yellow truck in the whole territory.
22:35I just get a bit hungry, so now I put peanut butter, and don't be shy, right?
22:41So this way, you'll have it all over your face.
22:45Bingo.
22:47And don, get some jelly on there.
22:50Bingo.
22:51Then you slap the two together.
22:54Bingo.
22:54Life is good.
22:59Okay, let's have a look, see what the rest of them are doing.
23:06Hey, Tony, Tony, do you copy?
23:08Yeah, go ahead, go ahead.
23:11I'm just coming into the yard with your new toy.
23:16Anyway, there she is, $50.
23:19Going right through a bottle, imagine that.
23:24Tony's new toy is the first of its kind in the Klondike.
23:29Good, you're a nice-looking unit.
23:31The A50 is his biggest and most powerful truck yet,
23:35with a seven-ton increase in payload capacity and an extra 47 horsepower compared to Tony's smaller A40 rock trucks.
23:48So, what do you think, guys pretty nice?
23:51Fancy, he's got an air ride seat.
23:53I know.
23:54Didn't even feel half the bumps.
23:56Like, I'm not even going to lie.
23:58I put on two bras expecting a bumpy ride.
24:01I could have gone with a sports bra.
24:03I didn't need anything.
24:05I would almost run rock truck for a day.
24:07Oh, yeah, almost would do that.
24:09Really, really.
24:10So, you think we should hold the ten of them today?
24:12No, let's make sure people don't this one up first.
24:14Okay.
24:15We'll have to tell your mother we'll like it.
24:17She'll go, oh, my God.
24:18F*** off.
24:20Probably.
24:24As you do more, you cannot keep driving the old s*** at some point.
24:28You'll have to renew your fleet.
24:32If you don't do that, you're going to be left behind.
24:35There's no ifs and buts about it.
24:37The bigger the truck, the quicker you move your dirt.
24:39It's all that's to it.
24:40Okay, gentlemen, I'm done.
24:42Bye.
24:43Bye.
25:01We almost didn't make that.
25:08So, right now, we're driving by Kevin.
25:10So, we're going to have a spy on that little s***.
25:12Just kind of watching if he's getting any royalties ready.
25:15If he doesn't watch rocks, I don't get no royalties.
25:20Three miles away from Indian River, Tony's oldest son, Kevin, is deep in his second year as a mine boss.
25:29I mean, we haven't seen much of Kevin this year, which is a good thing.
25:33Last year, he was here every day, bombing and stealing s***.
25:37We'll go sit over there.
25:39That's what you do.
25:40You go get yourself a high spot, and then you spy on him.
25:48The plant is going, as usual.
25:51Steady rocks.
25:53Kevin seems to be a lot more independent this year.
25:57Right now, yeah, they could really cash in.
26:01The gold prices are going up and up and up, and they got a nice piece of ground.
26:06So, what a time to live.
26:08What a time to start.
26:14Tony, do you copy Tony?
26:17Go ahead, go ahead.
26:18We've got a problem with a D6 by the entrance to camp.
26:23Okay, what the f***?
26:24Okay, I'll be there in a second, then I'll come and have a look, okay?
26:27Okay.
27:01At Tony Beat's Indian River claim.
27:03I mean, what in the f*** are you doing down there, right?
27:06A neighboring miner's settling pond has burst its dike, and the road outside Tony's claim has flooded.
27:17Now, one of Tony's D6 dozers has been blindly driven into a ditch and is stuck in the drink.
27:31I mean, he ran off the road because he couldn't see it because of the water.
27:34Instead of going right down the f***ing center, he decided to take the side piece, I guess.
27:40At least the thing didn't sink with the guy in it, because that would, of course, be a real f***ing
27:45disaster.
27:46You know what the f***?
27:47Get that excavator over there and hurry the f*** up.
27:51To free this sunken dozer, Tony will use his 550 excavator to grab onto the blade of the 25-ton
28:00D6 and pull it out.
28:14Okay, let me rip this f***ing thing out.
28:20Let me rip this into a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit
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28:27of
29:08You've got to be kidding me.
29:22Tony has misread the road.
29:27Now the 550 excavator is stuck and the inoperable D6 is blocking access.
29:38If you can bring that D10.
29:45Interesting day.
29:47D6 stuck in the water.
29:49Then Tony tried to pull it out.
29:51Got the excavator stuck.
29:53But at least we got the toys to get him out.
30:01If we can get it out without wrecking anything, then it'll be all good.
30:06First I want this one out of the way.
30:08And then we'll come in with a D10 over here.
30:11And then we'll grab the , throw a cable on it, rip it out.
30:20We'll hook up the D6 to the D10 and then we'll drag it out of here first.
30:28Then we'll worry about the 550 excavator.
30:35First, Klaus must drag the D6 to the yard where Tony's mechanics can assess the damage.
31:01Okay, Klaus, that's good.
31:03Well, that was easy.
31:04Nice to have toys.
31:06Drain some water out of it and we'll be ready back for action, I guess.
31:11But there's got a bat, that's all.
31:13Okay, gentlemen, I want that cable back here.
31:16D6 out of the way.
31:19The Beats brothers now need to rescue Tony's 63-ton 550 excavator.
31:26We're not out of the woods yet, but we'll get it.
31:29We'll get it.
31:29Nothing new.
31:31Okay, Klaus, as soon as they bring the cable in, Bingo will run in here, would you please?
31:36Well, just pull the excavator out, put the cable on it, Bingo, give it a tug, done.
31:45Good, Klaus.
31:54Let's go!
31:55Let's go!
32:13On bar.
32:19It's just more like it.
32:20Yeah.
32:33Good, Klaus.
32:34Good.
32:37There.
32:37All done and over with, so that's how little it takes to get things up.
32:43Oh, man.
32:45You good, okay?
32:47Coming up.
32:48Hey, Mike, you want to buy a rock truck or something?
32:51Yes.
32:52Hey, I'll go buy a rock truck with it.
32:53Done.
32:55Now what we do?
32:56We kiss and run the out of here or what?
33:16It is nice to have a good crew.
33:18The more people we get in charge,
33:21that means that once in a while she'll be able to get the hell out of here
33:24for a couple of days here, there, go to the other auction sale.
33:26I mean, I don't go fishing.
33:29Tony Beetz is heading to Paradise Hill.
33:33He has one last bit of business to take care of
33:36before a date night with Minnie.
33:40I have a buddy coming in.
33:41He's going to play with some gold for us.
33:43So anyway, let's go over there and see what he wants to do.
33:57I'm just going to get it in there and let it start heating,
34:00see if my tongs are ready, yeah.
34:02Tony has called in longtime friend and gold smelter Danny Johnson
34:07to melt some of his gold into bars.
34:10You do the service.
34:11Pour that 75 in there.
34:15It's a practice he plans to make part of his growing operation
34:19to make storing and moving gold easier.
34:23It'd be kind of cool to see melting gold for the first time in real life.
34:27Be nice to have a bunch of bars laying around.
34:30It looks cooler too.
34:31Right?
34:31It's easier to move.
34:33But hey, Tony, if they're laying around, you can't spend them.
34:38I can still spend them, lady.
34:44So we've done this about 40 years ago, and ever since then we've never done it.
34:50Are you going to lift the crucible out?
34:53We're going to pull it out and we're going to dump it in.
34:56But now that we're getting it bigger and bigger volumes, we like to melt it and keep some behind.
35:02Put it in your safe, whatever.
35:03Instead of having a five-gallon bale in the safe, here's a couple bars to stack.
35:13Now we're just going to turn the heat up and let it cook.
35:18The temperature's around 1900 to melt gold and we go up another maybe 100 degrees.
35:27Just so it's super liquid and we can pour it.
35:35Because if you go at 1900 and it's liquid, by the time I lift it up and pour it, it's
35:39solid again.
35:39So we have to have the temperature up a little more.
35:43Let's just put it this way.
35:44Don't stick your hand in it.
35:50Right?
35:51Yeah.
35:52All good.
35:53As one bar cools, another jar of gold is prepped for the crucible.
36:07That's cool.
36:08We'll get all that off and then we'll wire brush it.
36:12And it should all come up, look.
36:14It should all come up quite nice.
36:16I just want to see how heavy it is.
36:18That's cool.
36:32Yeah, you ready?
36:33Yeah, you can pour that in there.
36:43Why not have it melted in the bar instead of walking around with this?
36:47It's simpler.
36:47Put it in your pocket.
36:48Bingo.
36:52Hey, Mike, you want to buy a rock truck or something?
36:55Yes.
36:55Hey, I'll go buy a rock truck later.
36:57Awesome.
36:57Done.
36:58See you later.
36:59This is about $350,000, 75 ounces.
37:03So, yeah.
37:04Won't get you the best rock truck, but it'll get you a rock truck.
37:08Mike, he ain't hurting for equipment, but just give him a couple bucks to play with.
37:13I mean, right?
37:16It was nice of Daniel to come up here, show us how it's done.
37:19I mean, I'm sure that it won't be the last time that we're going to melt some.
37:24There's nothing like having gold in your hand, because now you got a product to sell.
37:30Well, that should be pretty much a million bucks.
37:33There you go.
37:42After a long day on the mine, the king has a rare opportunity to unwind with his queen.
37:50My mini being on the hill, me being an Indian, we don't really see that mess of each other.
37:58So, today I had some time, decided I wanted to pick that girl up, and we'll go for a dinner
38:03or something nice.
38:04What the hell?
38:05You know?
38:06I guess we're going to have a date night or something like that.
38:12Hey, Missy, are you ready to go?
38:15Perfect.
38:15Let's go to town, as they say.
38:21Anyway, there's one of the few times you hit for town, or what?
38:24Well, we haven't done this at all, have we?
38:27We're supposed to go for supper with people, and it never happens, it seems like.
38:31Well, it always seems to be something else, but...
38:33Yeah, there's always something happens.
38:35Good thing for FaceTime, otherwise we'd never see each other.
38:38Oh.
38:38Well, it's true, though.
38:44Here we are.
38:45Here we are.
38:52Young lady.
38:53Young man.
38:54There you go.
39:00Let's have a look what they got, huh?
39:03Food, probably.
39:04Likely.
39:06Hey, how are you?
39:07Doing well, yourself?
39:08Good.
39:09Pretty good.
39:10I'll have the pork belly, please.
39:12Hey, could I get the stuffed mushrooms, please?
39:14You got it.
39:15Thanks, man.
39:17How was your visit with your brother?
39:19Yeah, no, no, no.
39:20It was nice.
39:21Show him around, whatever.
39:22Yeah.
39:22It's kind of funny when you see the both of you together, because you are similar.
39:27Mm-hmm.
39:27You can tell you're from the same family.
39:30Definitely.
39:30There's no mistake there, is there?
39:31There's no mistake there.
39:33But even with cousin Mike, you can see it.
39:35The way you guys walk, and the way sometimes you talk, and it's like, yeah, you can definitely
39:40tell you guys are all related.
39:43So what do you say on a hot date?
39:45It's been a long time, eh?
39:47When we started dating, that was a long time ago, lady.
39:5078.
39:51So that's 47 years ago.
39:53Did we get on a couch on the first date?
39:55What did we do?
39:55Yeah, we did.
40:00I mean, the first time I danced with you was when we got married.
40:03When we got married, yeah.
40:05Pretty much.
40:05Probably the last time.
40:07It was probably the last time, too.
40:09Yeah.
40:10Yeah.
40:11Anyway, been a good run, eh?
40:12Well, it has been a good run, yeah.
40:15I think so.
40:16Yeah.
40:16All right, Alex.
40:17Hey, perfect. Thank you.
40:19Enjoy.
40:19I will.
40:21I mean, Kevin seems to be doing okay.
40:23Yeah, seems to.
40:25Well, this is one on its own.
40:28And we'll see what the other ones want to do.
40:29All right.
40:30If you look at the ground and the iron, we're going to leave behind.
40:33Well, they're either going to have a hell of a sale.
40:37Right.
40:38Or they're going to go mining.
40:39At the end of the day, it's up to them.
40:41But, no, we done very reasonable in life.
40:44No, we just nicely keep on mining.
40:46There's nothing...
40:47As long as you're capable and still enjoy,
40:49there is no reason to quit.
40:52I think we did okay in life.
40:57So, it was a hot day, that's it?
40:59I guess it is, you know.
41:00Well, pretty cool.
41:02All right.
41:03So, not overdue, but now what we do?
41:05We kiss and run the out of here, or what?
41:07Any tongue with that?
41:10Cross the table.
41:13Huh?
41:14No.
41:18No.
41:18No.
41:20Okay, dear.
41:21Hmm?
41:22Yes, dear.
41:23Yes, dear.
41:27People don't realize you're a fishy cat.
41:30Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
41:33We'll make out this fine, all right?
41:44Yes, dear.
41:44Well, that's good.
41:44We'll be here in the next one.
41:44I'll be here in the next one.
41:44There we go.
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