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00:04:10y
00:04:10we've had a hell of a season old wise
00:04:14we've hit our goal the big priority now is just getting every last ounce we can while prices are
00:04:20like this yeah it's pretty cool 31 year old mining mogul parker schnabel is running through the
00:04:30finish line gold prices are at an absolute all-time high they hit four thousand dollars an ounce today
00:04:39which is very very cool it's a good time to be gold miner and have a lot of wash plants
00:04:46running
00:04:47we've got four wash plants running parker is already breaking records this season with over
00:04:5440 million dollars in gold banked but he's determined to catch former mentor tony beats who
00:05:03is leading by 120 ounces bit of a bummer that tony is a bit ahead of me we've been on
00:05:12top for a long
00:05:13time it's getting cold and who knows how much longer we've got frost will probably cut us off
00:05:18from being able to keep plants running but we're going to finish strong we'll give her one last
00:05:24good push right now and see what we come up with hey guys how's it going thanks for um coming
00:05:34to join
00:05:35me no worries what's going on i just wanted to give you guys a little update on what needs to
00:05:42get done
00:05:44what up where where have you been i call a meeting and you're late
00:05:53i'm just kidding
00:05:58for the final push parker's depending on his top lieutenants mitch blasky tyson lee and brennan rule
00:06:09thank you for getting us to the end here hit our 10 000 right yeah like sick yeah pretty wild
00:06:17no doubt
00:06:19yeah what's the plan now i want to just make sure that we finish strong here like despite you know
00:06:26we hit the goal but um tony this spring told me that his goal was like six or seven thousand
00:06:32and he's
00:06:32over ten thousand wow and you know me well enough to know how much i hate losing
00:06:40so i think you really have to turn your feed rates 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 yeah 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 yeah there'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 it would just go until either weather shuts us down or every plant's out of pay one of the
00:07:20two
00:07:22let's go do some sleeping perfect yeah let's get it done thank you guys thank you
00:07:26man at parker's flagship dominion claim tyson must loose the last of the golden miles stockpiled pay
00:07:40through wash plants big red and golden goose and with bob in the bridge cut mine as much of the
00:07:49the remaining 30 acres as possible 10 miles south at parker's least ground kennan's stewards mitch must
00:08:00run the pay from the last two acres of pit two with wash plant roxanne and remove the final four
00:08:08acres
00:08:08of worthless overburden from a new cut for next season all before winter freezes them out
00:08:26right now we're at 26 on our uh adjuster here all 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 plus get all that mud
00:08:51removed for next
00:08:52season i 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
00:09:15pressure on us the weather's gonna really start freezing on us any day now and i know everyone
00:09:21wants to go home but you can't go home until this pile is complete we're going to be sluicing to
00:09:27the
00:09:56better end
00:09:57¿Qué es lo que está haciendo?
00:10:00¿Vale?
00:10:00¿Vale?
00:10:01Ya.
00:10:02¿Vale?
00:10:02¿Vale?
00:10:04¿Vale?
00:10:06OK.
00:10:08¿Vale?
00:10:09Ok, luis.
00:10:09Bingo.
00:10:10¿Vale?
00:10:13¿Vale?
00:10:14¿Vale?
00:10:24¿Vale?
00:10:26No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:10:56The goal, locked in his sights, secure his crown as king of the Klondike.
00:11:05Parker, he seems to be right down my heels.
00:11:08So we'll just see on the end of the day who lands up on top this time.
00:11:15We made one more move for the season.
00:11:18Mostly slot, put it back into the early bird cut.
00:11:22If I'm going to go beat Parker, we will be sleuthing away at four boxes 24 hours a day.
00:11:31To stay ahead of Parker, Tony is matching his former protege's four-plant final push.
00:11:40At his Paradise Hill operation, Tony has tasked son Mike with finishing stockpiles at his trommel and Harold washplants.
00:11:5240 miles south at Indian River, his twin shaker decks, sluice-a-lot and find-a-lot, are in the
00:12:0046-acre corner cut.
00:12:04But after two months of non-stop running, the mammoth cut only has enough pay left to run one 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, the plant is following good, a couple corners, a couple hills, nothing 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. We'll be putting some rocks in there tonight, which will be good.
00:13:11The guys came to 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, Tony'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 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.
00:13:43I 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.
00:13:55Up 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.
00:14:02We've got to get sluicing.
00:14:03They're moving sluice-a-lot.
00:14:16Get that truck over there, Tony.
00:14:20Truck over there.
00:14:22In the Douglas Gulf.
00:14:23I'll go have a look.
00:14:26Oh, the .
00:14:27Who the was that smart?
00:14:28Yeah, 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*** your people, are stupid.
00:14:51Rock truck driver Scott Easley
00:14:54has flipped his box at Tony's early bird cut extension.
00:14:59The bank gave way,
00:15:01and then the thing just slowly went.
00:15:03I tried to put it in the drive and get going,
00:15:06and it was too late.
00:15:10Sluisalot 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, 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,
00:15:28and we want to get to that goal
00:15:30as soon as possible.
00:15:35Get 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.
00:15:46Here's me.
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.
00:16:15Ahí está, ahí está.
00:16:20El nuevo camino está en sight.
00:16:22El camino del camino se ve muy bien.
00:16:27¿Qué es eso?
00:16:28Sí, Tony.
00:16:30No, atención.
00:16:34Oh, Dios mío.
00:16:36Cuando me fui a tonto,
00:16:38me pensé que era un malo.
00:16:41Oh, .
00:16:42Sluido a lot here.
00:16:44Get the out of the way.
00:16:45Get that other ruck truck dad out of the way.
00:16:49Mike D, 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 got to make sure to get as close to the end as possible.
00:17:08No.
00:17:09No, no, no.
00:17:11No.
00:17:14No, no.
00:17:15No, no no.
00:17:16No, no, no.
00:17:16No, no, no, no.
00:17:23nonprofit, no, no, no, no.
00:17:34Drag that hose over, get the excavator over there, hook up the hose, drive the gen set beside it, bingo,
00:17:41done.
00:17:47I'll fire the plant up and we'll be back 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. I think everyone who works here has seen how much we've
00:18:14moved this season and we have no doubt Tony is the king of the Klondike.
00:18:22I gotta remember to give Parker a present.
00:18:25I'm number one buddy.
00:18:43There's quite a bit of pressure right now. The plants ran out of pay. Still no burden. We're trying to
00:18:51get into pay as quick as we can.
00:18:55This is one of the worst spots I've ever been in. We've got to get back on that goal. We've
00:18:58got to do it quick. I know the guys are nervous. I'm nervous.
00:19:03Winter will soon freeze all the miners out. But 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. These guys have fought through a lot of s*** that
00:19:17we shouldn't have to fight through.
00:19:20We're 420 ounces shy of our goal yet. And that's a lot. That's a lot of ounces to get. And
00:19:25we don't have a whole lot of time to do it.
00:19:27In a chaotic season of uncertainty and major missteps, Rick gambled a million dollars mining a massive new cut only
00:19:38to get no gold.
00:19:41And that was a big debacle, a huge waste of money and time. People are hoping that I'm panicking. The
00:19:46vultures 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, but it's tough to ignore. Maybe it's
00:20:02time to go.
00:20:05But we hit our goal or get past it and then the profits can continue to get better. Why would
00:20:10I leave?
00:20:13Now, as Rick's crew fight to dig out the final 10 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, but we're still way
00:20:48off from our target and that would be devastating if we're short.
00:20:54The goal 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, so I think we need to give a little more and I think we need
00:21:03to get back to Lightning Creek.
00:21:06One last push down there.
00:21:11Yeah, that goal 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 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.
00:21:51After 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.
00:22:34If we do reach that 1800, my mind's going to be blown because with all the struggles we've had this
00:22:38year.
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.
00:23:42The shaker deck's moving, so.
00:23:43Time to throw some dirt at it and get some gold.
00:23:51There we go.
00:23:58Oh, hell yeah.
00:23:59Rocky sluicing, Rick is one step closer to pulling off his double plant plan and banking the 420 ounces he
00:24:11needs.
00:24:12Everything looks good.
00:24:26No way!
00:24:28No .
00:24:30You got to be kidding me.
00:24:34What happened?
00:24:38.
00:24:50Well, 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' wash plant Rocky has failed.
00:25:14.
00:25:14Pumping the belt.
00:25:18That'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.
00:25:34She's toast.
00:25:37Rick's desperate push to get two plants running is over before 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 and 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 we can get at it.
00:26:09Well, hopefully it's enough.
00:26:27It's getting cold and people are wore out.
00:26:30It's 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, Parker is within striking distance of Tony's Gold Hall.
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.
00:27:12Doing pretty good down here at Big Red.
00:27:15I could do my best to get through as much as I can.
00:27:38What the going on up here?
00:27:41What the is going on here?
00:27:52¡Ah!
00:27:57¡Ah, you !
00:28:00¡Woo! ¡I'm out of breath!
00:28:03¡The shaker deck stopped!
00:28:07¡Nothing's working!
00:28:10Alec, Liam, ¿do you got a coffee?
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.
00:28:25me.
00:28:26Oh, I'm sick of this !
00:28:30Oh, the Calvary's arrived.
00:28:38We replaced the motor a couple 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.
00:29:08What'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 that look like this in stock.
00:29:34For sakes, 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.
00:29:54How's it going?
00:29:54What's going on?
00:29:57Big Red's contactor, essentially the starter for the shaker deck, just s*** the bed.
00:30:04There's no real solution for it.
00:30:09We don't have one, huh?
00:30:11No.
00:30:14And with the weather the way it is, if we lose the night, we'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, then...
00:30:35Frost Fighters on the sluice runs.
00:30:37It's a nightmare.
00:30:39All right.
00:30:40Sounds good. Thanks.
00:30:48I'll get to Whitehorse.
00:30:49It'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.
00:30:57So 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.
00:31:13And he is 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.
00:31:28Sure.
00:31:29Okay. Perfect.
00:31:30Time is of the essence.
00:31:31Can you spin up there now?
00:31:32Sure.
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 bet on us.
00:32:32Hopefully Jack can get us the part here in no time.
00:32:35Parker's crew are praying for a replacement part to be flown in from Whitehorse, 300 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?
00:33:01There we go.
00:33:18You got the goods?
00:33:20I got the goods.
00:33:22Hopefully 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.
00:33:27Thank you.
00:33:38Oh man.
00:33:39Woo!
00:33:40He's got it.
00:33:41Our savior.
00:33:42That's awesome.
00:33:43Wicked.
00:33:44Thank you so much.
00:33:45No worries.
00:33:46Let me know when you get it back up and running.
00:33:48Yeah buddy.
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 freak anything.
00:34:01Okay.
00:34:03That's our new part installed.
00:34:04Sweet.
00:34:05Yeah, let's do it.
00:34:10Moment of truth here.
00:34:11See what happens.
00:34:19Okay.
00:34:20Yep.
00:34:28Nice work fellas.
00:34:29Beautiful 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.
00:34:57If 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.
00:36:12That gets us enough to get started next year.
00:36:13And if we don't have that, we're running on f***ing 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 it flying in there.
00:36:37Kevin's Hail Mary plan?
00:36:39Turn up his wash plant speed for the first time this season.
00:36:44From 100 to 150 yards per hour.
00:36:48In 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 back 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 with the turned up plant.
00:37:10We'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
00:37:17the 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.
00:37:39Okay, 10 for it.
00:37:41Okay, 10 for it.
00:37:53Yeah, the pump's smoking. The pump's smoking.
00:37:56Holy s***.
00:38:00Copy, Kevin.
00:38:01Yeah, you got to get down here. The pump's on fire. The 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. What the f***?
00:38:33Uh, don't touch that either. That's also f*** hot.
00:38:37Okay.
00:38:39Well.
00:38:42I saw our f***ing return fuel lines and it looks like the f***ing injectors too.
00:38:49Kevin's last-ditch plant has backfired. When he turned up the plant, he increased his pump's water pressure to deal
00:38:57with the extra dirt.
00:38:59The added workload has blown the pump's fuel lines and injectors.
00:39:04This kind of puts us dead in the water until we can fix it, find a replacement or something.
00:39:10You know, so close to the end.
00:39:14I can't f***ing stop now though. So, I will go bug face and see if she can do the magic
00:39:20that she do.
00:39:21Cause yeah, if not, well, that's it. We're f***ing done.
00:39:41Hey, Paris.
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.
00:39:54Um.
00:39:56And you, I'm guessing you can't fix it.
00:39:59I know the last time we tried to get similar f***ing Paris, there was at least a two-week f***ing
00:40:03adventure, 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 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, yeah, 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.
00:40:49Oh, f***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'm a bit worried.
00:41:03This is Kevin's dream.
00:41:05This is our dream to run the business ourselves.
00:41:09And hopefully 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.
00:41:33Got good news?
00:41:35The 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.
00:41:45What?
00:41:46F***ing hell.
00:41:47All right.
00:41:48Okay.
00:41:48I'm guessing you're gonna go deal with the money part?
00:41:50Yes.
00:41:51I should go grab it?
00:41:52Yes.
00:41:53All right.
00:41:53Sounds good.
00:41:53Let's do that.
00:41:59New pump on site.
00:42:02Kevin tasks Buzz Legault.
00:42:04Gavin, 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.
00:42:31All right.
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 f***ing gold.
00:42:57F***ing yeah.
00:42:58Oh ho!
00:43:00Beauty!
00:43:17Hello?
00:43:18Hello?
00:43:19It's running again.
00:43:21Yay!
00:43:23Oh my God.
00:43:25And with the pay file we can at least get through it now.
00:43:27You saved the day Faith.
00:43:32Faith is good finding that the 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.
00:44:06Well hot diggity dog.
00:44:08Oh f***ing time.
00:44:11In the last chance cut, the Ness crew have finally hit pay and now must sluice nonstop to
00:44:19have any hope of reaching their 1800 ounce goal.
00:44:25We're way too close to the end of the season to be sitting at 400 and some ounces shy of
00:44:30our
00:44:30goal.
00:44:31It's gonna come down right to the last f***ing day.
00:44:34Just go right on top.
00:44:36The crew hustled 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 gonna be enough gold in it to reach our goal.
00:44:58This rock looks good.
00:45:00It does, actually.
00:45:03The weather's moving in so it's gonna be pretty important once this plant fires up that we
00:45:07don't stop running this plant.
00:45:16It's chilly.
00:45:18Yes.
00:45:18Six hours after hitting pay, as the temperatures drop to 28 degrees, the
00:45:25there's finally enough stockpiled pay to fire up.
00:45:30She's frosty.
00:45:32Yeah, the carpets are hard.
00:45:34Ain't gonna thaw until we get f***ing 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.
00:46:09All right, brother.
00:46:10Thanks, Kyle.
00:46:11Get the f*** 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 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 f***ing 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.
00:47:08So, if you have pay laying on the ground and there's hours left in the day, you run the
00:47:14plant.
00:47:29Hey, Rick, you got a copy?
00:47:31Yeah, I'll go for Rick.
00:47:32There's a clog on this hopper.
00:47:35F***.
00:47:43F***.
00:47:44Dammit.
00:47:48Dude, this whole feeder's piled up.
00:47:51I don't know why it stopped.
00:47:53Something f***ing got caught in there.
00:48:05There's two flat rocks just jammed in here on the side.
00:48:09It'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 f***ing give a s***.
00:48:27F***.
00:48:29It ain't spinning.
00:48:31Oh, f***.
00:48:46It ain't spinning.
00:48:49Yeah.
00:48:51The head drum's spinning, but it's not catching the belt.
00:48:54You can't get traction.
00:48:56At Duncan Creek, the feed conveyor on Rick's monster red washboard is a little bit
00:49:02plant has failed to fire up in the cold.
00:49:05Maybe I'll just heat that f*** 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, you know, 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.
00:49:49Well, that should do it.
00:49:51Should be f***ing warm enough to get going.
00:49:52We'll see.
00:49:54Good.
00:49:55Here we go.
00:49:56Ready?
00:49:57Yep.
00:49:57Ready.
00:50:12Good to go, buddy.
00:50:16If you don't laugh, it's just going to make you crazy.
00:50:19F***ing love it, buddy.
00:50:21Thank you.
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 f***ing stay that way.
00:50:30But we've got a long ways to go.
00:50:49Mike, do you have a copy, Mike?
00:50:52Is someone calling for me?
00:50:54Yeah, Mike, we're all done with the pay.
00:50:55We just put the last bucket through for the season.
00:51:01It all looks pretty good, Mike, huh?
00:51:02Yes.
00:51:03Shut the thing down, clean it up, it'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 by the end of 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.
00:51:36If that means you're missing a night to 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 Trump.
00:52:02The end is nigh.
00:52:03I am looking forward to being done for the year, because I am tired.
00:52:07But we're going to have to run 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 tip 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.
00:52:28You 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 that completely jammed up my distributor.
00:53:03Oh, man.
00:53:04Man, this is a serious .
00:53:09The trommel 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.
00:53:38To 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 zapper!
00:54:02There's a ton of rocks, big rocks, as you can see coming out.
00:54:09It's a long and painful process of just getting in there and pulling it out.
00:54:15As far as the trommel goes, it's the biggest I've ever seen.
00:54:24Watch out, gentlemen!
00:54:27Halfway 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.
00:54:40That's the sound of money washing away.
00:54:43Turn on the distributor, please!
00:54:55It's .
00:54:56It's .
00:54:58It's .
00:54:59He says it's .
00:55:01Huh?
00:55:02He went like this.
00:55:03He says it's .
00:55:10The motor's fried.
00:55:17Kill it.
00:55:24The motor's broken.
00:55:29The motor's broken.
00:55:37Get that one off, get him to bring it up here.
00:55:40At Paradise Hill, after clearing a rock jam in the trommel's distributor, now it won't fire up.
00:55:47Leaving the beets with just two plants running.
00:55:51Ah, you .
00:55:52And only days of sluicing left.
00:55:55Whoa!
00:55:57It's a little out of the crispy side.
00:55:59A rock got caught, and if jam the stopped and the 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 locks on.
00:57:08Ah, there it's good.
00:57:15Hey, you.
00:57:15Got it working again.
00:57:17Awesome.
00:57:31After eight hours shut down, Mike has the Beats family empire back to running three plants for the final push.
00:57:44It was quite a disaster today.
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.
00:58:27We'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.
00:58:38And 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 got to do, you know.
00:59:02By 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.
00:59:22Then 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 was 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 him being a young
01:00:13kid, you know.
01:00:15But 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 ha.
01:00:40Come on, baby. Come on.
01:00:45Come on.
01:00:46Oh, come on, baby. Come on. Come on.
01:00:51Yeah, buddy. We're rolling it now.
01:00:54The 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?
01:01:12Yeah, I think I'm starting to see you the same here. Hell yeah.
01:01:17Let'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 D-11's powerful rippers
01:01:29to tear up the frozen gravel layer.
01:01:34Oh, you got to be kidding me. Come on, man.
01:01:44Oh, man. She's ground right down.
01:01:48There is no way that's going to make it.
01:01:59We are so close to having this done, but that tooth is not going to make it through the rest
01:02:03of this.
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.
01:02:15When you're ripping in this gravel, it's so abrasive that this last little bit that's left here, like that'll be
01:02:22gone in a couple of pushes.
01:02:23We're going to 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.
01:02:54Oh!
01:02:55Is it heavy?
01:02:58We're going to 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 got to get this last little bit ripped.
01:03:39We're going to have this thing done.
01:03:51Well, 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 Ken's.
01:04:09Well, buddy, we did it!
01:04:11Yeah, nice work, brother.
01:04:13Man, 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've got to get down and check on Roxanne.
01:04:32You never know what the weather's going to 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.
01:05:06Yeah.
01:05:08Hopefully it doesn't hang out for too long, get it to burn off.
01:05:11It's going to be a nice day.
01:05:12Yeah.
01:05:14Well, 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.
01:05:27Thank you.
01:05:28Good job, man.
01:05:29Thanks, dude. Appreciate it.
01:05:41It's just 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,
01:05:54we've got a lot of ground still to mine.
01:06:10There's just a few sweets left.
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 going to 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? I'm
01:06:34not sure.
01:06:35If we can get our 1,800-ounce gold, Rick will give us a gold bonus, so...
01:06:40I'm going to cross my fingers.
01:06:43We're out of pay. We've got to 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 got to hope that the gold's in the box.
01:07:02We've got to 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. A little stressful.
01:07:20Yeah, this year was a round for us all year.
01:07:25Hello.
01:07:25Hello, Rick.
01:07:27You guys are all here waiting on me.
01:07:29I've got a present for you.
01:07:31Oh.
01:07:35Here's my drink, yeah.
01:07:36Oh, look at that.
01:07:37Thank you, sir.
01:07:39Yeah, in the season.
01:07:40We made it through another one, though.
01:07:41Yeah.
01:07:43Time to find out if they've banked enough gold to 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.
01:07:58It's just so tough.
01:07:59We were lucky to find some ground this spring.
01:08:02You know, we got some gold out of it.
01:08:04I think there's gold there.
01:08:05It's definitely good for the future.
01:08:07I don't know what you guys think about it, but would you come back for Lightning Creek?
01:08:11That's a...
01:08:13I hate to be in that, dude, but that's a tough one for me to come back to.
01:08:17If we don't have a water license for Duncan Creek.
01:08:19I'm going to be honest, man, I'm in limbo.
01:08:21Yeah, for sure.
01:08:23I don't know what it looks like.
01:08:24Yeah, I'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.
01:08:33Right 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.
01:08:5110, 20, 30, 50, 60.
01:08:5970, 80, 90, 100.
01:09:14131.91.
01:09:20Oh.
01:09:22But we got more.
01:09:26All right.
01:09:27There's 100.
01:09:30There's not 100.
01:09:35That means 431.91.
01:09:40That's it.
01:09:42What?
01:09:43What?
01:09:44On that last one week cleanup.
01:09:46Worth over $1,727,000.
01:09:521811.56.
01:09:54That's so close, it's ridiculous.
01:09:55Yeah.
01:09:56Yeah.
01:09:57Yeah.
01:09:58Nice job, guys.
01:10:00Great.
01:10:00That last chance paid off.
01:10:03It paid off.
01:10:04It paid off.
01:10:04It paid off, man.
01:10:05100%.
01:10:05Yeah.
01:10:07Rick's final total is worth over $7,246,000.
01:10:15That's awesome.
01:10:16Yeah.
01:10:16Isn't it?
01:10:17Yeah.
01:10:17Right.
01:10:19Like, it 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.
01:10:32Thank you.
01:10:33Thank you.
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 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
01:11:26time comes, well, 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.
01:11:48Our balls are almost freezing off.
01:11:50Yeah, yeah, 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?
01:11:55All right.
01:11:56I think so.
01:11:59It's closing time across the Beats family empire.
01:12:04Last bucket, eh?
01:12:06Yep.
01:12:06Last bucket of pay.
01:12:07We're finally done.
01:12:08Yep.
01:12:08So let's shut her down, and then we got a full cleanup.
01:12:10Yep.
01:12:13And as Tony shuts down...
01:12:18Big red.
01:12:19Dead 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.
01:12:34Yeah.
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 cleanup 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, with Tony just 120 ounces in the lead.
01:13:21Hi, guys.
01:13:23Hi.
01:13:25Hi, Monica.
01:13:27Guys, this is our last Gold Ways.
01:13:30I 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 and landlord 10% royalties on all his gold.
01:13:49How you like paying bills?
01:13:51Oh, not very well.
01:13:54Is that a surprise?
01:13:56Yeah, 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.
01:14:01You're actually admitting you're a little bit the same as your father?
01:14:04Oh, that's definitely where we're alike.
01:14:06Anyway, 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, over double his best ever gold haul, to hit his 2,000 ounce
01:14:25goal.
01:14:28So, let's see what we've got.
01:14:29There you go.
01:14:30Shut up.
01:14:3110, 20, 40, 60, 70, 90, 100, 120, 150, 180, 189, 200, 220, 230, 50, 260, 270, 300, 330, 350,
01:14:52376, 376.16.
01:14:58So, how much was your total now?
01:15:00There's 1,591.
01:15:02Are you going to be able to mine next year?
01:15:06I mean, it's a good thing the gold price is this high.
01:15:08The start of next season will be a little stressful.
01:15:12For, uh, yeah, we get to come back next year.
01:15:15Yay!
01:15:16Woo!
01:15:16Wait.
01:15:17Are 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.
01:15:43Thank you.
01:15:43We should probably weigh up some stuff.
01:15:46Now, 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 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.
01:16:05140, 170, 200, 202.18.
01:16:12That's it?
01:16:14Yeah, well, that's okay.
01:16:16Done.
01:16:16On to the next one.
01:16:17Bye.
01:16:18Sluicealot?
01:16:19Okay, Sluicealot.
01:16:20Here we go.
01:16:21Sluicealot 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,
01:17:00by 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.
01:17:09Ten 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.
01:17:27We sluiced 2 million yards.
01:17:28Oh, .
01:17:31I'd be surprised if Tony beats us.
01:17:33Yep.
01:17:34Okay, should we weigh some gold?
01:17:36All right, let's do it.
01:17:38This is Roxanne.
01:17:41First up, Wash Plant Roxanne, with the last of the gold from Ken and Stewart's, which last
01:17:49last week delivered 134 ounces.
01:17:5260, 80, and 94.90.
01:18:04Not bad, eh?
01:18:06Yeah.
01:18:08The Lone Soul Bob.
01:18:10Next, Wash Plant Bob, with the final bridge cut gold, averaging 140 ounces a week.
01:18:1940, 70, 90, 103.75.
01:18:33Yeah.
01:18:34Not bad, eh?
01:18:35It's not 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
01:18:48golden mile still 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 hole.
01:19:25All right, so we've got our last one.
01:19:27Are you ready to be jealous?
01:19:29I'm going to be annoyed, aren't I?
01:19:31One.
01:19:31Last 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.
01:19:52Oh, .
01:19:55120, 130, 140, 150, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 240, 250, 270.
01:20:01360, 270, 280, 320, 350, 370, 380, 390, 410, 417.36.
01:20:13Hot damn.
01:20:14Two million bucks.
01:20:15Not best for the last little hole.
01:20:17That's amazing.
01:20:19Our biggest season ever.
01:20:21The 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.
01:20:43That was a good season, my friend.
01:20:45It was a damn good season.
01:20:46Things fell in place.
01:20:48Yep.
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 going to say 10,600.
01:22:14I'm sure there's three extra ounces in that safe somewhere.
01:22:17Well done, gentlemen.
01:22:19Well done.
01:22:20That's awesome.
01:22:2010,600.
01:22:21Sweet.
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.
01:22:58As I look back through the years, from a snot-nosed kid at 38 ounces for his first season to
01:23:0410,000 ounces 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.
01:23:19Right?
01:23:19Like, the elephant gun is loaded and we need to find where to go next.
01:23:26Maybe.
01:23:29That's right.
01:23:29Maybe.
01:23:30Gracias por ver el video.
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