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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
00:10:49Relentless
00:10:50But if it's really not going to do this one's gonna be forced to be I have to do that
00:10:51After blasting past his season target
00:10:54He now has a new goal locked in his sights
00:10:58Secure his crown as king of the klondike
00:11:05Parker, he seems to be right down my heels, so we'll just see at the end of the day who
00:11:10ends up on top this time.
00:11:15We made one more move for the season, move sleuths a lot, put it back into the early
00:11:22bird cut.
00:11:23If I'm going to go beat Parker, we will be sleuthing away at four boxes 24 hours a day.
00:11:30To stay ahead of Parker, Tony is matching his former protégé's four-plant final push.
00:11:41At his Paradise Hill operation, Tony has tasked son Mike with finishing stockpiles at his Trommel
00:11:48and Harold washplants.
00:11:52Forty miles south at Indian River, his twin shaker decks, Sluice-a-Lot and Find-a-Lot, are
00:12:00in the 46-acre corner cut.
00:12:04But after two months of nonstop running, the mammoth cut only has enough pay left to run
00:12:11one plant.
00:12:13To keep both sluicing, Tony needs to move Sluice-a-Lot upstream, back 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, and off we go.
00:12:50So far, so good.
00:12:51The plant is following good.
00:12:54A couple corners, a couple hills.
00:12:58Nothing we haven't done before, but we still got to get on it and make it work.
00:13:05Nice to keep this up, we'll be putting some rocks in there tonight, this will be good.
00:13:11The guys in the cut, they'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, Tony's crew run full throttle to get the cut ready before
00:13:28Sluice-a-Lot arrives.
00:13:31There is a bit of a race this season between Tony and Parker to see who can get the most
00:13:37gold.
00:13:39Obviously, I'm rooting for the king of the Klondike.
00:13:41I'm team Tony all the way, I mean, of course.
00:13:46I wouldn't say that Tony's going to keep that title this year.
00:13:50I'd say Parker's going to win that one.
00:13:52He's going to have it in the bag.
00:13:54Up here where we're dumping, it's super soft and we're almost getting stuck.
00:14:00But we've got to get it done, we've got to get Sluice-a-Lot, they're moving Sluice-a-Lot.
00:14:17It's that truck over here, up there, Tony.
00:14:20Truck over where?
00:14:22In the dump, it's out.
00:14:24I'll go have a look.
00:14:26Who the was that smart?
00:14:29Yeah, I hear ya.
00:14:31Who was driving that truck?
00:14:34I was.
00:14:36Tony's going to be passed.
00:14:48F*** it, people are stupid.
00:14:51Rock truck driver Scott Easley has flipped his box at Tony's early bird cut extension.
00:14:59The bank gave way and then the thing just slowly went.
00:15:03I tried to put it in the drive and get going and it's too late.
00:15:10Sluice-a-Lot is less than a mile away and coming in fast.
00:15:16Final stress here.
00:15:17So I get there on the radio, another 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 and we want to get to that goal as 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, you wouldn't have this s***.
00:15:58Just when you think you've seen it all.
00:16:01Okay, let's grab the f*** thing, flip 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.
00:16:51All trucks are gone.
00:16:52You should be good.
00:16:52All trucks are gone.
00:16:53You should be good.
00:16:55You should be good.
00:16:55I'll climb up this last little hill.
00:16:58We're on the path.
00:16:59I just gotta make sure to get as close to the end as possible.
00:17:25There we go, Tony gave me the sign that it's good.
00:17:32Now we get two, three guys coming in, drag that hose over,
00:17:36get the excavator over there, hook up the hose,
00:17:39drive the gen set beside it, bingo, done.
00:17:47I'll fire the plant up, and we'll be back to this losing.
00:17:56All right, we've got the thumbs up. Off we go.
00:18:01Tony is back to four plants running in 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 has seen how much we've moved this season,
00:18:14and we have no doubt Tony is the king of the Klondike.
00:18:22I 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.
00:18:50I'm trying to get him to pay as 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. I'm nervous.
00:19:03Winter will soon freeze all the miners out.
00:19:06But unlike others, Rick Ness' future is on a knife's edge.
00:19:12It's been a tough year. There's no doubt about it.
00:19:14These guys have fought through a lot of s**t that we shouldn't have to fight through.
00:19:20We're 420 ounces shy of our goal yet, and that's a lot.
00:19:23That's a lot of ounces to get, and we don't have a whole lot of time to do it.
00:19:27In a chaotic season of uncertainty and major missteps,
00:19:33Rick gambled a million dollars mining a massive new cut, only to get no gold.
00:19:40That was a big debacle, a huge waste of money and time.
00:19:44People are hoping that I'm panicking.
00:19:46The vultures are circling right now, but I'm not panicking yet.
00:19:50Buyout offers from big shots Tony and Parker have come in.
00:19:56I've been offered a seven-figure amount for this, and it's a lot.
00:20:00It's tough to ignore. Maybe it's time to go.
00:20:05But if we hit our goal or get past it, and then the profits can continue to get better,
00:20:09why would I leave?
00:20:13Now, as Rick's crew fight to dig out the final ten feet to hit pay in the last chance cut,
00:20:20he's got a risky Hail Mary plan to get more gold fast.
00:20:27It's going to be a fight, but with these guys all in on it, I know we can get it.
00:20:36What's going on, guys? What's up?
00:20:40I just want to thank you guys. You guys have been doing a hell of a job.
00:20:44That being said, I know you're all tired from it and giving it all you've got,
00:20:48but we're still way off from our target, and that would be devastating if we're short.
00:20:54The gold would be in that dirt for sure, but I think it's going to come right down to the
00:20:58bitter end.
00:21:00We're running out of time.
00:21:01So, well, I think we need to give a little more, and I think we need to get back to
00:21:04Lightning 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 and we're short?
00:21:19If we pull another 50 ounces from there, I mean, that's big.
00:21:23I mean, you guys got to stay, get Monster Red running, that's the priority, but we need everything we can
00:21:28get.
00:21:30The way it's set up down there, you know, we could get going right away.
00:21:33Yeah.
00:21:34We're almost at the end, and let's just push a little harder, we're going to be there, right?
00:21:37Yep.
00:21:38All right.
00:21:42Early in the season, Rick bought new ground at Lightning Creek.
00:21:47Let's do it.
00:21:48All right.
00:21:48Let's do it.
00:21:51After a shaky start, the 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 to mine Duncan Creek came in.
00:22:04We got a water license.
00:22:06Yeah.
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 from Lightning Creek to help get him over the line.
00:22:27I hope this move is going to be worth it in Lightning, but, you know, we won't know until we
00:22:32start running some dirt.
00:22:33If we do reach that 1,800, my mind's going to be blown because with all the struggles we've had
00:22:38this year.
00:22:40Since I've joined Rick, it's always been a push, it's always been a gamble, and in Rick fashion, we are
00:22:47swinging for the fence again at the end of the year.
00:22:51While the stripping crew battle on in the last chance cut, Rick and Kai head eight miles north to Lightning
00:22:59Creek to sluice a leftover pay pile with wash plant Rocky.
00:23:05Everything should be good to go.
00:23:07We got enough pay up there right now to start off the plant.
00:23:11All right.
00:23:12This hokey old thing.
00:23:14All right.
00:23:15Let 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.
00:23:41We got power to shake your deck's moving, so.
00:23:43Time to throw some dirt at it and get some gold.
00:23:48There.
00:23:52There we go.
00:23:57Oh, hell yeah.
00:24:00Rocky sluicing.
00:24:01Rick is one step closer to pulling off his double plant plan and banking the 420 ounces he needs.
00:24:12Everything looks good.
00:24:26No way.
00:24:28Oh, .
00:24:30You got to be kidding me.
00:24:33What happened?
00:24:51Well, look at this.
00:24:52It's still smoking.
00:25:04Well, I don't know.
00:25:06At Lightning Creek, the feed pump for Rick Ness's wash plant
00:25:11Rocky has failed.
00:25:14Pumping the belt.
00:25:17That's the belt that drives the cooling system.
00:25:19That's why the thing's smoking, because it's overheating.
00:25:22This tension should not be that loose.
00:25:24That's what holds tension on the belt, right?
00:25:26So when it's loose, it just hops, hops, hops, and that belt just rips.
00:25:29And then it stopped cooling, so then it overheated.
00:25:32This thing just shot to hell.
00:25:34Cheese toast.
00:25:37Rick's desperate push to get two plants running is over
00:25:41before it even started.
00:25:44Very quick, very catastrophic end to the day.
00:25:47Got half a bucket through that thing.
00:25:48I mean, that's something worth getting out of bed for.
00:25:50Now, his only hope for 420 ounces lies in the last chance cut,
00:25:57and getting monster red sluicing.
00:26:00Well, that's pretty sad 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 we can get at it.
00:26:08Well, hopefully it's enough.
00:26:27It's getting cold, and people are wore out.
00:26:30It's just been a long season for everybody.
00:26:33The overarching theme for me is doing everything we can to find as much gold as we can.
00:26:40100 miles west, with four wash plants going full tilt,
00:26:45Parker is within striking distance of Tony's gold haul.
00:26:52It puts a huge amount of pressure on keeping wash plants running.
00:26:55It just consumes my thoughts now.
00:27:00In the Golden Mile, Golden Goose and Big Red power through the pay piles at a combined season max of
00:27:10500 yards an hour.
00:27:12I'm doing pretty good down here at Big Red.
00:27:17I'll do my best to get through as much as I can.
00:27:45Oh, my shaker deck shut off.
00:27:57Oh, you , whoo, I'm out of breath.
00:28:03The shaker deck stopped.
00:28:08Nothing's working.
00:28:10Alec, Liam, do you got a copy?
00:28:13Yeah, go ahead.
00:28:14Hey, man, my shaker deck shut off,
00:28:17and I need you guys up here right now.
00:28:20Oh, OK, yeah, we'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 a couple of months ago,
00:28:41so that should still be good.
00:28:44Holy.
00:28:46When was the last time this was open?
00:28:49I think the feed conveyor is the shaker now,
00:28:52because that's the motor wires there.
00:28:53Oh, what?
00:28:54I'm imagining the shaker contactor malfunctioned or broke,
00:28:58and that's why we're running this backup feed conveyor one.
00:29:01It's been hours.
00:29:02Yeah, this guy has probably failed.
00:29:09What's going on, guys?
00:29:11We're not able to get the shaker motor going.
00:29:13Seriously?
00:29:14Yeah.
00:29:15Something in our contact brick here is malfunctioning.
00:29:18It's not letting power go from here to here.
00:29:23Can't sluice without it.
00:29:26Well, do you guys think we have one?
00:29:28No.
00:29:29We don't have any replacement parts or any contactors
00:29:33that look like this in stock.
00:29:35sakes, man.
00:29:37I'll go and find Parker.
00:29:41We can't go home until the Golden Mile is sluice.
00:29:44Without Big Red, I 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, essentially the starter for the shaker deck,
00:30:00just s***ed the bed.
00:30:02s***ed.
00:30:04There's no real solution for it.
00:30:09s***ed.
00:30:10We don't have one, huh?
00:30:11No.
00:30:14And with the weather the way it is, if 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, so I'll get him in the air.
00:30:27Okay.
00:30:28And we'll have one by the end of the day.
00:30:30Maybe.
00:30:31If it doesn't look like we can get one tonight,
00:30:33then...
00:30:34Frost Fighters on the sluice runs.
00:30:37Good s***ed.
00:30:37It's a nightmare.
00:30:39Um...
00:30:40All right.
00:30:40Sounds good.
00:30:41Thanks.
00:30:48To Whitehorse, it's a seven, eight-hour drive each way.
00:30:53Jack's an hour and a half to Whitehorse and an hour and a half back,
00:30:56so the plane is paying for itself on runs like this.
00:31:00Parker owns a Cessna 172 and employs a pilot full-time.
00:31:07Jack fills his time when he's not flying with, um, running an excavator.
00:31:12And he's right here.
00:31:23Big Red's down for 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.
00:31:29Perfect.
00:31:30Time is of the essence.
00:31:30Can you spin up there now?
00:31:31Sure.
00:31:32Perfect.
00:31:33Try to get down to Whitehorse, grab that part, and get back up as fast as I can.
00:31:47We'll get it slammed in and get the plant back up and running.
00:31:51If we don't get it back here tonight, we're in trouble.
00:32:06Is that enough?
00:32:07Yeah.
00:32:09We got to run a little bit of water.
00:32:11The gold might shift a bit, but we can't let Big Red freeze right now.
00:32:17Parker Schnabel's wash plant, Big Red, is down with an electrical failure.
00:32:23If it doesn't fire up before nightfall, it will freeze.
00:32:28This is about the worst time Big Red could have s***ed bet on us.
00:32:32Hopefully Jack can get us to park here in no time.
00:32:35Parker's crew are praying for a replacement part to be flown in from Whitehorse,
00:32:41300 miles away.
00:32:44I guess we play the waiting game now.
00:32:54Is that an airplane right here?
00:32:55I think so.
00:32:56Is that Jack?
00:32:58Yeah, Jack?
00:33:00Woo!
00:33:01Where are you?
00:33:18You got the goods?
00:33:20Got the goods.
00:33:21Hopefully that's the 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 when you get it back up and running.
00:33:48Yeah, buddy.
00:33:48Definitely.
00:33:48All right.
00:33:49Thanks, guys.
00:33:50Let's get this new guy hung and see if we can get 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.
00:34:04Sweet.
00:34:05Yeah.
00:34:06Let's do it.
00:34:10Moment of truth here.
00:34:11See what happens.
00:34:19Okay.
00:34:20Yeah.
00:34:28Nice work, fellas.
00:34:30Beautiful sight, isn't it?
00:34:33Thank God.
00:34:35Parker was able to pull it off.
00:34:37We got Big Red back up and running.
00:34:39So all we have to do is finish off the last bit of pay and go home.
00:34:57And if everything does go belly up, I can actually hear Tony.
00:35:02Sucks to be you.
00:35:07Though I think deep down, even though they don't say it, they'd be pretty heartbroken that I wasn't able to
00:35:12make it happen.
00:35:15While dad Tony battles for mining supremacy, eldest son Kevin Beetz is in deep trouble.
00:35:27What separates me from Tony is just more planning and foresight, less smashy, smashy.
00:35:37But Tony did pull out 10,000 ounces this year, so he's doing something right.
00:35:43Unlike his swashbuckling old man, all season the sophomore mine boss has been sluicing slow and steady to protect his
00:35:53equipment and only wash plant.
00:35:55But low risk has delivered low rewards, leaving Kevin nearly 800 ounces short of his 2,000 ounce gold.
00:36:07That's a big number for us because we need that to come back next year.
00:36:10That covers all our costs, that gets us enough to get started next year.
00:36:13And if we don't have that, we're running on fumes.
00:36:21So we're going to fight, and 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, turn up his wash plant speed for the first time this season, from 100 to 150
00:36:47yards per hour, in the hope he can get through his sphinx gut pay pile before winter freezes him out.
00:36:55Hopefully that'll put us on the fast track to 2,000 ounces.
00:37:00We got it turned up, so we're just slamming the pay in there.
00:37:05Chelsea March keeps pace with the turned up plant.
00:37:09We've got a pretty big pay pile to get through.
00:37:12I don't know if we're going to have enough time to run all this pay through before the end of
00:37:16the season, honestly.
00:37:18So, yeah, we just have to sluice as much as we possibly can, and run through this pay.
00:37:33Looks like we've lost water to the plant.
00:37:36Hey Tyler, there's no water at the plant, I'm going to shut it down.
00:37:40Okay, 10-4.
00:37:53Yeah, Chelsea, the pump's smoking, the pump's smoking.
00:37:56Holy s***.
00:37:59Copy, Kevin?
00:38:01Yeah, you gotta get down here, the pump's on fire.
00:38:03The pump is on fire.
00:38:05That is a lot of smoke coming out of there right now.
00:38:25Oh, oh, I shouldn't have touched that.
00:38:27Ah, ah.
00:38:29What the f***?
00:38:34Uh, don't touch that here, that's also hot.
00:38:36Okay.
00:38:39I don't.
00:38:42I saw our f***ing return fuel lines, and 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, he increased his pump's water pressure to deal with the extra dirt.
00:38:59The added workload has blown the pump's fuel lines and injectors.
00:39:03This kind of puts us dead in the water until we can fix it, bind 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 and see if she can do the magic that she do.
00:39:21Because, yeah, if not, well, that's it, we'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 f***ing bluey.
00:39:51Uh...
00:39:51Oh, f***.
00:39:53Okay.
00:39:55Um...
00:39:56And you...
00:39:56I'm guessing you can't fix it.
00:39:59I know the last time we tried to get similar f***ing parts, there was at least a two-week f***ing
00:40:03venture, so...
00:40:05And with the time we have left, I don't think that's gonna 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 if we'd fail on our own than just keep getting help.
00:40:25It is close to the end of season.
00:40:27Chances are someone's selling him a pump.
00:40:30Yeah.
00:40:30Yeah.
00:40:31I'll reach out to a couple of miners that I know around the area.
00:40:36Yeah.
00:40:37Well, I'll go, you know, redirect the troops if you want to get on that and f***ing.
00:40:43Okay.
00:40:43Best of luck, man.
00:40:44You as well.
00:40:48Oh.
00:40:49F***ing sucks.
00:40:54I really hope she can pull something out of the f***ing ether.
00:40:58If I don't get the pump, I don't know if we're gonna be able to come back.
00:41:02I've been worried.
00:41:03This is Kevin's dream.
00:41:05This is our dream to run a business ourselves.
00:41:10Hopefully we get to keep on with this dream.
00:41:20So, I got my fingers crossed.
00:41:23At Scribner Creek, Kevin's fight for survival relies on partner Faith finding a new pump for his wash plant.
00:41:33Yeah.
00:41:33Got good news?
00:41:35A neighbor is shutting down.
00:41:36Yes.
00:41:37We have a pump right there.
00:41:39That'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 right now to go get it.
00:41:46F***ing hell.
00:41:47Alright.
00:41:48Okay, I'm guessing you're gonna go deal with the money part?
00:41:50Yes.
00:41:51I should go grab it?
00:41:52Yes.
00:41:53Alright, sounds good.
00:41:53Let's do that.
00:41:59New pump on site.
00:42:02Kevin tasks Buzz Legault.
00:42:04Kevin, let's hook that first.
00:42:06With lifting the old one out and new one into position.
00:42:13You know, everybody's been busting their asses off around here this season.
00:42:17Trying to make things happen so you can hit that season goal.
00:42:22And then this big hit and pump goes.
00:42:25This is quite a heart wrench.
00:42:28Hopefully everything works out.
00:42:31Alright.
00:42:32Let'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 how nice that sounds.
00:42:53Very nice.
00:42:55Back to getting some gold.
00:42:56F*** yeah.
00:42:59Oh ho.
00:43:00Beauty.
00:43:17Hello, hello.
00:43:19It's running again.
00:43:20Yay.
00:43:23Oh my gosh.
00:43:25And with the pay file we can at least get through it now.
00:43:27You saved the day Faith.
00:43:31Faith is good finding that pump is 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 f***ing day.
00:44:01We're finally on pay boys.
00:44:04Start making that stockpile.
00:44:05Hot diggity dog.
00:44:08Hot diggity dog.
00:44:08Oh f***ing time.
00:44:11In the last chance cut the Ness crew have finally hit pay.
00:44:15And now must sluice nonstop to have any hope of reaching their 1800 ounce goal.
00:44:25Way too close to the end of the season to be sitting at.
00:44:28400 and some ounces shy of our goal.
00:44:31It's going to come down right for the last f***ing day.
00:44:33Just go right on top.
00:44:36The crew hustle to build a stockpile in time to fire up for night shift.
00:44:43There it is.
00:44:44There's some good sized boulders which is a good sign.
00:44:48There's normally good gold.
00:44:51I just hope that there's going to be enough gold in it to reach our goal.
00:44:58This rock looks good.
00:44:59It does actually.
00:45:03The weather's moving in so it's going to be pretty important once this plant fires up that we don't stop
00:45:07running this plant.
00:45:16It's chilly.
00:45:17Yes.
00:45:19Six hours after hitting pay as the temperatures drop to 28 degrees.
00:45:25There's finally enough stockpiled pay to fire up.
00:45:30She's frosty.
00:45:31Yeah, the carpets are hard.
00:45:34Ain't going to fall 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.
00:46:07So I think you guys are ready to rock and roll, man.
00:46:09Thanks again.
00:46:09All right, 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 so 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 if we want to get to 1,800 ounces and running
00:46:38a night shift.
00:46:39That's 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, but, like, I don't know about this.
00:46:55This is Zee's last shift before he heads 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 laying on the ground,
00:47:11and there's hours left in the day, you run the plan.
00:47:29Hey, Rick, you got a copy?
00:47:31Yeah, go for Rick.
00:47:32There's a clog on this hopper.
00:47:34.
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.
00:48:04There'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.
00:48:18Let's give her .
00:48:29It ain't spinning.
00:48:31Oh, .
00:48:37It ain't spinning.
00:48:46It ain't spinning.
00:48:49Yeah.
00:48:51The head drum's spinning, but it's not catching the belt.
00:48:55You can't get traction.
00:48:56At Duncan Creek, the feed conveyor on Rick's monster red wash plant has failed to fire up in the cold.
00:49:05Maybe I just heat that up.
00:49:07Can you grab that tiger torch?
00:49:09Yeah.
00:49:15Thanks, 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, and 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 the 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.
00:49:55Here we go.
00:49:56Ready?
00:49:57Yeah, ready.
00:50:12Good to go, buddy.
00:50:16If you don't laugh, it's just going to make you crazy.
00:50:19Love it, buddy.
00:50:21Nice job.
00:50:23There's always something happening, especially this time of year.
00:50:25But 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 copy, Mike?
00:50:51Is 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.
00:51:00It all looks pretty good, Mike, huh?
00:51:02Yes.
00:51:03Shut the thing down, clean it up.
00:51:05It's all the quits.
00:51:06Yeah.
00:51:06Yeah, then I'll do that.
00:51:08Anyway, I'm pretty happy with this, and I'll go back to the Union River.
00:51:12It would be nice if you could get rid of that pay pile here with a tunnel by the end
00:51:16of the week.
00:51:16Sounds like a plan, Dad.
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 beat Parker.
00:51:29We're still going, sluicing away with three and a go.
00:51:33As long as the weather is holding up, we will be sluicing.
00:51:37If that means you miss a night of sleep, we'll so be it.
00:51:41But we've got to go, we've 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 Trummel.
00:52:01The 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 in a bang, as it were.
00:52:18Copy, Mike?
00:52:20Yeah, go ahead.
00:52:21Yeah, they're distributed.
00:52:22This is spinning.
00:52:23I need you over here now.
00:52:25You shut her down.
00:52:26I'll be there in a second.
00:52:27Copy.
00:52:29I mean, 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 that completely jammed up my distributor.
00:53:02Oh, man.
00:53:04This is a serious .
00:53:09The 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 chute 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.
00:53:37To 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.
00:53:50Starter, zapper!
00:54:02The rocks, big rocks, as you can see coming out.
00:54:08It's a long and painful process of just getting in there and pulling it out.
00:54:15As far as the Trummel goes, it's the biggest 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.
00:54:43Return on the distributor, please!
00:54:55It's f***ed! It's f***ed!
00:54:59He says it's f***ed!
00:55:01Huh?
00:55:02He went like this, he says it's f***ed!
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 at paradise hill after clearing a rock jam in
00:55:43the trommels distributor now it won't fire up leaving the beats with just two plants running
00:55:51and only days of sluicing left it's a little on the crispy side rock got caught and if jammed
00:56:02stopped and the motor couldn't turn unable to turn the distributor the motor burnt itself out
00:56:10and needs replacing i got a motor here hopefully we don't have any problems with this one
00:56:17okay gentlemen we're gonna start putting it back together everybody in the hole
00:56:24i could be slicing tonight that'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
00:56:31problems okay you're good to go once it warms fire it up and just turn on the distributor
00:56:51it works good
00:56:56turn the smooth spots on
00:57:08ah there it is
00:57:30after eight hours shut down
00:57:36mike has the beats family empire back to running three plants for the final push
00:57:44that was quite a disaster today yeah good job man that's all i can say unfortunately i'm experienced
00:57:51in it i know
00:58:13the temperatures are uh well below freezing
00:58:18was hoping to be in a better place than we are right now but it is what it is we
00:58:23still got paid
00:58:23right here and we've got a cut that needs to be down to gravel we're gonna get it sluice next
00:58:28season
00:58:30at kenan stewart's parker has foreman mitch running night shift to help him beat tony
00:58:38and mitch wants to finish ahead of schedule i'm trying to make it home in time for my daughter's birthday
00:58:44and for that to happen i've got to have everything here
00:58:47finished tonight and i'll be on the road first thing in the morning
00:58:52got quite a bit of pay here to get through i'm not a real big fan of the night shifts
00:58:57but
00:58:58the stuff we all got to do you know
00:59:01by the end of the shift sean must sluice two thousand yards of the pay pile through wash plant roxanne
00:59:10and in the cut
00:59:12mitch and brennan and two d11 dozers must remove the final acre of a four foot deep layer of mud
00:59:22then rip through the frozen pay layer beneath to allow it to fall
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
00:59:46oh 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
01:00:08uh it's hard not to get sad and look back on all the days that i missed 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 block things out of your mind there i know there's
01:00:31not much up there anyway
01:00:40come on baby come on
01:00:45oh come on baby come on come on
01:00:51yeah buddy we're rolling it now
01:00:53oh the worst power side by side here Mitch
01:00:56there 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
01:01:15hell yeah
01:01:16let's get this stuff ripped up and out of here on time
01:01:19right on buddy
01:01:22mud removed
01:01:23Mitch and brennan used the d11's powerful rippers
01:01:28to tear up the frozen gravel layer
01:01:34oh you gotta be kidding me
01:01:36come on man
01:01:44oh man
01:01:45she'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 ken and stewart's
01:02:06mitch blasky's mission to rip a frozen cut by morning
01:02:11has ground to a halt
01:02:13you can see here this is our ripper tooth
01:02:15when you're ripping in this gravel it's so abrasive
01:02:18that this last little bit that's left here
01:02:20like that'll be gone in a couple pushes
01:02:23we're gonna rip down grab a new tooth
01:02:25we'll be able to finish this out with one more
01:02:28if the tooth is left to wear down any further
01:02:32the ripper shank will be damaged
01:02:37sun's starting to come up
01:02:38we don't got a lot of time left
01:02:40we got some spare parts up top
01:02:42let's go have a look
01:02:45let's get this thing done man
01:02:46we're so close
01:02:54oh
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 i 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 kens
01:04:09well 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
01:04:36it'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
01:04:46here comes the boss now
01:04:55what's happening
01:04:55oh you know
01:05:00beautiful day
01:05:01yeah
01:05:04we knew it was coming
01:05:06yeah
01:05:08hopefully it doesn't hang out for too long
01:05:09get it to burn off
01:05:10it's gonna be a nice day
01:05:12yeah
01:05:13um
01:05:14well it looks like you're about done
01:05:15you don't have much of a pile left
01:05:17yeah i was shrinking pretty quick
01:05:20stripping is done
01:05:21so we made it
01:05:23sweet
01:05:23you've done your tour of duty
01:05:25you've had a hell of a season mitch
01:05:27thank you
01:05:28good job man
01:05:29thanks dude
01:05:30appreciate it
01:05:41it's just so awesome to see what we've accomplished this season
01:05:45what the best part is now
01:05:46it'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
01:06:10there's just a few sweets left
01:06:12the nest 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 going to deliver us close to 420 ounces
01:06:28i'm pretty confident that we'll get a good clean out on this but will it be enough i'm not sure
01:06:35if we can get our 1800 ounce gold
01:06:37rick will give us a gold bonus so
01:06:39i'm going to cross my fingers
01:06:43we're out of pay we got to shut down
01:06:45that's it
01:06:48shut it down
01:06:50with the last chance pay done
01:06:53rick calls time on the season
01:06:57that's it
01:06:59now we just got to hope that the gold's in the box
01:07:02we got to weigh it up and see where we end up
01:07:08after cleaning up the gold
01:07:10rick's crew gather in the only bar in keno
01:07:13for the make or break final gold way of the season
01:07:18what are you a little stressful
01:07:20yeah this year was going on first all year
01:07:25hello
01:07:27you guys are all here waiting on me
01:07:28i got a present for you
01:07:30oh
01:07:34here's my drink yeah
01:07:36oh look at that
01:07:37thank you sir
01:07:39yeah in the season we made it through another one though
01:07:41yeah
01:07:43time to find out if they've banked enough gold
01:07:46to make their bonus and secure their future
01:07:50or if it's time 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 it's just so tough
01:07:59we were lucky to find some ground this spring
01:08:01and you know we got some gold out of it
01:08:04i think there's gold there
01:08:04it's a it's it's definitely good for the future
01:08:06i don't know what you guys think about it
01:08:08but would you come back for lightning creek
01:08:11that's uh
01:08:13i 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 gonna be honest man i'm in limbo
01:08:21yeah for sure um i don't know what it looks like yeah i'll be honest with you
01:08:25we're just trying to survive this season at the point at the moment
01:08:29well i mean we should see what we got eh
01:08:30let's do it let's do it
01:08:32i'm sure you're dying to know
01:08:33all right we are
01:08:35to hit his 1800 ounce goal
01:08:38rick needs the last chance cut
01:08:40to deliver 420 ounces
01:08:45all right moment of truth
01:08:5010 20 30 50 60 70 80 90 100
01:09:14hundred thirty one point nine one
01:09:20oh
01:09:22but we got more
01:09:25all right
01:09:26there's a hundred
01:09:30there's no hundred
01:09:36that means 431.91
01:09:41that's it
01:09:43on that last one week cleanup
01:09:45worth over one million seven hundred and twenty seven thousand dollars
01:09:51eighteen hundred eleven point five six
01:09:53that's so close it's ridiculous
01:09:55yeah
01:09:56yeah
01:09:57nice job guys
01:09:59that last chance paid off
01:10:03it paid off
01:10:04it paid off
01:10:05100 percent
01:10:06rick's final total
01:10:08is worth over seven million
01:10:11two hundred and forty six thousand dollars
01:10:15that's awesome
01:10:16isn't it
01:10:16yeah
01:10:17right
01:10:18like it looked bad this season
01:10:20for a while
01:10:20but we're set
01:10:22we got everything we need
01:10:23and
01:10:24you guys get the bonus you deserve
01:10:25so
01:10:26there's a bonus in every one of these jars for you guys
01:10:28nice
01:10:29you guys earned it
01:10:31no you earned it
01:10:32thank you
01:10:33thank you
01:10:33you worked damn hard for it
01:10:35there's not a season
01:10:36that we haven't been with you
01:10:38that we have not hit our total now
01:10:39if there's a team to do it
01:10:41it's us
01:10:42jerry
01:10:44thanks much
01:10:46it was
01:10:48not an easy one
01:10:49it was hard fought
01:10:50a lot of bull
01:10:52there's some uncertainty
01:10:53but
01:10:54for now
01:10:54we hit eighteen hundred ounces
01:10:56and
01:10:57we get our gold bonus
01:10:58it was a hard season
01:10:59I did not think we were going to do it
01:11:01but we did it
01:11:02I'm ready to keep getting gold
01:11:04and I can't wait till next year
01:11:06this was a close one
01:11:07we hit our goal
01:11:08we beat it by eleven ounces
01:11:09that'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
01:11:15it just had disaster written all over it
01:11:17this industry man
01:11:18it beats it out of you
01:11:19Tony and Parker
01:11:20offered me a lot of money
01:11:21for this ground
01:11:22I'm going to leave on my own terms
01:11:23and if Parker and Tony
01:11:25are still offering
01:11:26when that time comes
01:11:27well then there we go
01:11:28but
01:11:29we get through this year
01:11:30we can get through any year
01:11:44well what do you think guys
01:11:45I think it's getting cold Tony
01:11:47our balls are almost freezing off
01:11:50we would like to keep on going
01:11:59it's closing time
01:12:01across the beats family empire
01:12:04last bucket eh
01:12:05yep last bucket of pay
01:12:07we're finally done
01:12:07yep so let's shut her down
01:12:09and then we got a full clean up
01:12:10yep
01:12:13and as Tony shuts down
01:12:18big red
01:12:18dead for the season
01:12:22Hawker'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
01:12:33yeah
01:12:34when we started it
01:12:35I 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
01:12:42and 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 Goldway shootout
01:12:58to see who is the Yukon's top dog
01:13:02mining mogul Parker Schnabel
01:13:05or Klondike kingpin
01:13:07Tony beats
01:13:08both have four plants to weigh
01:13:12with Tony
01:13:13just 120 ounces
01:13:16in the lead
01:13:21hi guys
01:13:22hi
01:13:24hi Monica
01:13:27guys
01:13:28this is our last Goldway
01:13:29I think Kevin and Faith just pulled up
01:13:31perfect
01:13:31good
01:13:32then we get the show on the road
01:13:35before Tony's gold hits the scales
01:13:38he wants to see where his young pup has ended up
01:13:42Kevin owes his dad
01:13:44and landlord
01:13:4510% royalties
01:13:47on all his gold
01:13:49how you like paying bills
01:13:51oh
01:13:52not very well
01:13:54is that a surprise
01:13:55yeah I never worry about that stuff
01:13:57that's the funny part
01:13:58I know that's the problem
01:13:59I think we're the same in that manner
01:14:00you're actually admitting
01:14:02you're a little bit the same as your father
01:14:03oh that's definitely for us where we're alike
01:14:05anyway are you going to hit your goal
01:14:07don'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
01:14:17he needs nearly 800 ounces
01:14:19over double his best ever Gold haul
01:14:22to hit his 2,000 ounce goal
01:14:25so let's see what we've got
01:14:29there you go
01:14:30shut up
01:14:3110
01:14:3220
01:14:3340
01:14:3460
01:14:3570
01:14:3690
01:14:37100
01:14:37120
01:14:38150
01:14:39180
01:14:40180
01:14:41189
01:14:42200
01:14:44220
01:14:46230
01:14:4750
01:14:48260
01:14:48270
01:14:49300
01:14:50330
01:14:51350
01:14:52376
01:14:54376.16
01:14:58so how much was your total now
01:15:00there's 1,591
01:15:01well you're going to be able to mine next year
01:15:06I mean it's a good thing the gold price is this high
01:15:08starting next season to be a little stressful
01:15:12for uh yeah we get to come back next year
01:15:15yeah
01:15:15wait are you sure you're happy about that
01:15:18some more suffering faith
01:15:21Kevin finishes over 400 ounces below target
01:15:26but with record gold prices
01:15:29his 1,591 ounce haul is still worth over 6.3 million dollars
01:15:37I'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
01:15:45now for the main event
01:15:48so Parker had a good season
01:15:50I think I can beat Parker
01:15:55let's find a lot to put me
01:15:56okay do it
01:15:58first up
01:15:59find a lot's gold from the corner cut
01:16:02where it's averaging 250 ounces a week
01:16:06140
01:16:08170
01:16:09200
01:16:10200 and two point one eight
01:16:12that's it
01:16:13yeah well that's what
01:16:15that's okay
01:16:16done
01:16:16on to the next one
01:16:17bye
01:16:18sluice a lot
01:16:19there guys
01:16:19sluice a lot
01:16:20here we go
01:16:21sluice a lot
01:16:22ran Tony's new early bird cut extension
01:16:25that earlier in the season
01:16:27delivered 300 ounces a week
01:16:30210 to 30 to 40 to 50
01:16:32to 66.96
01:16:36that's pretty damn good
01:16:38I mean that cut did very good this spring
01:16:40that early bird did very good on the end
01:16:43good start good finish
01:16:45that's right
01:16:46absolutely
01:16:46that works
01:16:47so that was all the Indian River stuff
01:16:50Tony's Indian River hull
01:16:52brings his total
01:16:53to 10,681 ounces
01:16:57stretching his lead over Parker
01:17:00by nearly 600 ounces
01:17:02you should do the hill stuff now
01:17:03yes
01:17:03may as well
01:17:04as the king prepares his next gold pour
01:17:0910 miles away
01:17:11yo yo
01:17:12the mining mogul
01:17:14is getting ready to fight back
01:17:17do you realize collectively
01:17:19we have sluiced over 10,000 hours
01:17:22this year
01:17:23yeah we were busy
01:17:25I was just doing the numbers
01:17:27we sluiced 2 million yards
01:17:28oh
01:17:31I'd be surprised if Tony beats us
01:17:33yep
01:17:33okay should we weigh some gold
01:17:35all right
01:17:36let's do it
01:17:37this is Roxanne
01:17:40first up
01:17:41wash plant Roxanne
01:17:43with the last of the gold
01:17:45from Ken and Stewart's
01:17:48which last week
01:17:49delivered 134 ounces
01:17:5260
01:17:5380
01:17:56and
01:18:0294.90
01:18:04not bad
01:18:05yeah
01:18:08the lone soul bob
01:18:10next
01:18:11wash plant bob
01:18:13with the final bridge cut gold
01:18:16averaging
01:18:17140 ounces a week
01:18:1940
01:18:2270
01:18:2490
01:18:29103.75
01:18:33yeah
01:18:34not bad
01:18:35it's not bad
01:18:35triple digits
01:18:37yeah
01:18:38Parker's total
01:18:39is up to
01:18:4010,288
01:18:43clawing
01:18:44Tony's lead
01:18:45down to less
01:18:46than 400 ounces
01:18:47with the golden mile
01:18:49still to weigh
01:18:51but the king
01:18:53is now ready
01:18:54to tally up
01:18:55his final
01:18:56two plants
01:18:57start with Harold Michael
01:18:58yep
01:19:00Harold
01:19:01has been running
01:19:02Hester cut pay
01:19:03last week
01:19:05it brought in
01:19:06130 ounces
01:19:08let's go
01:19:0920
01:19:1030
01:19:1040
01:19:1050
01:19:1160
01:19:1270
01:19:1280
01:19:1390
01:19:14100
01:19:15110
01:19:15120
01:19:16130
01:19:20132.12
01:19:21nice to see Mike
01:19:23it is a nice little hole
01:19:24alright
01:19:25so
01:19:25we've got our last one
01:19:27are you ready
01:19:28to be jealous
01:19:29I'm gonna be annoyed
01:19:30aren't I
01:19:311
01:19:31last up
01:19:32Mike's trommel
01:19:342
01:19:34the monster plant's
01:19:36been running
01:19:36Paradise Hills
01:19:37White Channel Pay
01:19:38averaging
01:19:39320 ounces
01:19:42a week
01:19:42ready
01:19:4320
01:19:4530
01:19:4540
01:19:4650
01:19:4660
01:19:4670
01:19:4780
01:19:4890
01:19:49100
01:19:49110
01:19:54120
01:19:55130
01:19:56140
01:19:56150
01:19:57170
01:19:57180
01:19:58190
01:19:58200
01:19:59210
01:20:00240
01:20:01250
01:20:01260
01:20:02270
01:20:02280
01:20:043
01:20:05320
01:20:05350
01:20:06370
01:20:07380
01:20:07390
01:20:08410
01:20:10417.36
01:20:12ah damn
01:20:142 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
01:20:22with a colossal season total
01:20:24of 11,231 ounces
01:20:28worth a massive
01:20:3045 million dollars
01:20:35that was a great season guys
01:20:37let's wrap her up
01:20:38and let's get on and off
01:20:39and let's get ready
01:20:40for the next one
01:20:40all right
01:20:44that was a good season
01:20:45my friend
01:20:45it was a damn good season
01:20:46things fell in place
01:20:47it's just nice to see
01:20:49at our age
01:20:50to come all this together
01:20:51that way
01:20:51yeah
01:20:52but really
01:20:52I'm ready to go
01:20:54start next spring
01:20:54not me
01:20:55I want to have a holiday
01:20:56first
01:20:57I almost guarantee
01:20:57I'll be the first one
01:20:59back in the UConn
01:21:02Tony walks away
01:21:04with a record shattering
01:21:06season total
01:21:07more than 940 ounces
01:21:10ahead of Parker
01:21:11now
01:21:12the young buck
01:21:13needs a monster score
01:21:15from his last two plants
01:21:17all righty
01:21:18let's see how the golden mile
01:21:19finished off
01:21:19Parker
01:21:20is combining his golden goose
01:21:22and big red wash plants
01:21:24into one final double pour
01:21:26together
01:21:27they ran the end
01:21:29of the golden mile
01:21:30the richest cut
01:21:31Parker's mine
01:21:32this season
01:21:33130
01:21:35180
01:21:37220
01:21:40240
01:21:41keeps coming
01:21:42260
01:21:45300
01:21:50307.95
01:21:56so where'd we end up
01:21:58this week
01:22:01506.6
01:22:03our season total
01:22:0510,596.45 ounces
01:22:12I'm just gonna say
01:22:1310,600
01:22:14I'm sure there's
01:22:15three extra ounces
01:22:16in that safe somewhere
01:22:17well done gentlemen
01:22:19well done
01:22:2010,6
01:22:21that's sweet
01:22:21Parker
01:22:23finishes
01:22:24630 ounces
01:22:25behind Tony
01:22:27the now
01:22:28undisputed
01:22:29king of the Klondike
01:22:30but his
01:22:3210,600 ounces
01:22:34is still
01:22:35Parker's
01:22:36biggest ever
01:22:37season haul
01:22:38worth
01:22:3942 million
01:22:40dollars
01:22:43we had a really good season
01:22:44you know
01:22:44this last week
01:22:45I think
01:22:46probably could have
01:22:48pulled a little more gold out
01:22:49if we didn't have as many
01:22:49problems as we did
01:22:50but overall
01:22:52you know
01:22:53super solid year
01:22:56Parker's such a smart miner
01:22:58as I look back
01:22:59through the years
01:23:00from a snot-nosed kid
01:23:01at 38 ounces
01:23:02for his first season
01:23:03to
01:23:0410,000 ounces
01:23:06now
01:23:07it's amazing
01:23:08just totally amazing
01:23:11we'll be back next year
01:23:12and we'll
01:23:13hopefully do even more
01:23:15and I'm
01:23:16ready to hunt
01:23:17for the next big project
01:23:18right
01:23:19like
01:23:22the elephant gun
01:23:23is loaded
01:23:23and we need to find
01:23:25where to go next
01:23:26next year
01:23:27next year
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