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Gold Rush Season 16 Episode 23
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00:00:24So hmm fists or knives
00:00:40What's new that's the end of the season it seems like a lot of your 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 alive, pal. I mean mighty prices
00:00:51are good
00:00:52I don't know what I said 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 last
00:01:14We just hit 10
00:01:17Okay, well, so did we then to
00:01:22Thanks
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?
00:01:39Ah, shoot for 1800 and then we're we're about 400 ounces short right now
00:01:43Yeah, well
00:01:45Yeah, I could get a fair buck operation like yours if you could sell
00:01:54Um, well, I mean as of right now, I definitely want to see how this the season ends, but I'm
00:02:00considering it
00:02:00Let's give us a call
00:02:03What tony trying to buy you out?
00:02:05No offer. Yeah
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00:02:11He came and visited me
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
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00:02:38The three of us know it is
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00:02:48Gentlemen have a nice day all right tony
00:02:51That's good to see you man. Absolutely. Have a good fall. Yeah, you too 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 on 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
00:03:28I want to go in on my own terms
00:03:30I feel like just selling out is not
00:03:32the way I want to go, but
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00:08:42Try to get it done as fast as possible.
00:08:45There's so much to do here.
00:08:46To 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,
00:08:58but I'm going to try.
00:09:02This year, my workload has pretty much tripled.
00:09:06It's been a struggle at times.
00:09:08Right now, at Golden Goose, we've increased the feed rate
00:09:12to 250 yards an hour, which only puts more pressure on us.
00:09:17The weather's going to really start freezing on us any day now.
00:09:20And I know everyone wants to go home,
00:09:22but we can't go home until this pile is complete.
00:09:26We're going to be sluicing to the bitter end.
00:09:54What?
00:09:54All right.
00:09:55Are you ready?
00:09:57I'm always ready.
00:09:58Good.
00:09:58Good.
00:09:59You're going to move this land?
00:10:00Yeah.
00:10:00You're going to .
00:10:02We have, what, a week left in the season?
00:10:04We were lucky.
00:10:04Yeah.
00:10:05And we're going to need that down there to be parker.
00:10:08OK, let's go.
00:10:09OK, man, bingo.
00:10:10Let's get the show on the road.
00:10:13Can I shut her down, Dylan?
00:10:25Everybody wants to go home, but you know what?
00:10:29It sucks to be there.
00:10:31The job is a job, and finish is finished.
00:10:33If I'm not finished by a long shot,
00:10:35the gold prize is absolutely just awesome.
00:10:39I mean, they're just kind of a chance of a life thing.
00:10:46Tony Beat's gold fever is relentless.
00:10:51After blasting past his seasoned 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 on my heels.
00:11:08So we'll just see, on the end of the day,
00:11:10who lands up on top this time.
00:11:15We made one more move for the season.
00:11:18Moves loose a lot.
00:11:20Put it back into the early bird cut.
00:11:23If I'm going to go beat Parker,
00:11:25we will be slicing away at four boxes 24 hours a day.
00:11:31To stay ahead of Parker,
00:11:33Tony is matching his former protege's four-plant final push.
00:11:41At his Paradise Hill operation,
00:11:44Tony has tasked son Mike with finishing stockpiles at his trommel
00:11:48and Harold wash plants.
00:11:52Forty miles south at Indian River,
00:11:55his twin shaker decks,
00:11:57sluice-a-lot and find-a-lot are in the 46-acre corner cut.
00:12:04But after two months of non-stop running,
00:12:07the mammoth cut only has enough pay left to run one plan.
00:12:13To keep both sluicing,
00:12:16Tony needs to move sluice-a-lot upstream,
00:12:19back to where he started the season,
00:12:21at a new three-acre extension of his early bird cut.
00:12:30Everything is hooked up. Everything is ready.
00:12:32And off we go.
00:12:50So far, so good.
00:12:52The plant is following good.
00:12:54A couple of corners,
00:12:56a couple of hills.
00:12:58Nothing we haven't done before,
00:13:00but we still got to get on it and make it work.
00:13:05Nice to keep this up.
00:13:07We'll be putting some rocks in there tonight.
00:13:09This will be good.
00:13:11We'll always be in the cut.
00:13:13They'd rather be ready.
00:13:17Stakes are extra high with the price of gold at the moment.
00:13:20At the new early bird extension,
00:13:23Tony's crew run full throttle
00:13:26to get the cut ready before sluice-a-lot arrives.
00:13:31There is a bit of a race this season between Tony and Parker
00:13:34to see who can get the most gold.
00:13:39Obviously, I'm rooting for the king of the Klondike.
00:13:41I'm team Tony all the way.
00:13:43I mean, of course.
00:13:46I wouldn't say that Tony's going to keep that title this year.
00:13:50I'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,
00:13:57and we're almost getting stuck.
00:14:00But we got to get it done.
00:14:02We got to get sluicing.
00:14:03They're moving sluice-a-lot.
00:14:17That truck over there, Tony.
00:14:20The truck over there.
00:14:22On the dumps, not.
00:14:23I'll go have a look.
00:14:26Oh the .
00:14:27Who the was that smart?
00:14:29Yeah, I hear ya.
00:14:30Who 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 has flipped his box at Tony's early bird cut extension.
00:14:58The 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 was too late.
00:15:10Sluselot is less than a mile away and 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.
00:15:26Winter 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***, just when you think you've seen it all.
00:16:01Okay, let's grab the f***ing 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.
00:16:27You'll take that truck.
00:16:28Sorry, Tony.
00:16:30I f***ing pay attention.
00:16:34Thank God I ain't fired.
00:16:36When Tony ran up, I thought I was a dead man.
00:16:41Oh, s***.
00:16:42It's loose a lot, the deer.
00:16:44Get the f*** out of the way.
00:16:45Get another rock truck that 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.
00:17:09Hey, just turn around.
00:17:11Give it a half a turn.
00:17:15Keep it around.
00:17:15Keep it around.
00:17:16Keep it around.
00:17:16Keep it around.
00:17:24Perfect.
00:17:25There we go.
00:17:26Tony gave me the sign that it's good.
00:17:32Now we got two, three guys coming in.
00:17:34Drag that hose over.
00:17:36Get the excavator over there.
00:17:37Hook up the hose.
00:17:39Drive the gen set beside it.
00:17:41Bingo. Done.
00:17:47I'll fire the plant up.
00:17:49And we'll be back this losing.
00:17:56All right, we've got the thumbs up.
00:17:59Off 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.
00:18:15And 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.
00:18:27I got to remember to give Parker a present.
00:18:48We've got to get him to 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.
00:19:01I'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.
00:19:13There'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.
00:19:22And that's a lot.
00:19:23That's a lot of ounces to get.
00:19:25And we don't have a whole lot of time to do it.
00:19:27In a chaotic season 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.
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.
00:20:02Maybe 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, why
00:20:10would 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,
00:20:21he's got a risky Hail Mary plan to get more gold fast.
00:20:27It's going to be a fight.
00:20:28But with these guys all in on it, I know we can get it.
00:20:36What's going on, guys?
00:20:37What's going on?
00:20:37What's up?
00:20:40I just want to thank you guys.
00:20:41You guys have been doing a hell of a job.
00:20:44That being said, 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 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, 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 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 get going right away.
00:21:32Yeah.
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.
00:21:38Yep.
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.
00:22:33If 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.
00:22:43It's always been a gamble.
00:22:44And in Rick fashion, we are swinging 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.
00:23:40We got water, we got power, and the Shaker deck's moving, so time to throw some dirt at it and
00:23:44get some gold.
00:23:52Oh, hell yeah.
00:24:00Rocky's sluicing.
00:24:01Rick is one step closer to pulling off his double plant plan and banking the 420 ounces
00:24:10he needs.
00:24:11Everything looks good.
00:24:26No way!
00:24:29Oh, .
00:24:30You gotta be kidding me.
00:24:33What happened?
00:24:51Look 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.
00:25:35Rick'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.
00:26:01Well, that's pretty sad showing.
00:26:04The last chance cut, that'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 just been a long season for everybody.
00:26:32The 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.
00:26:56It 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.
00:27:17Do my best to get through as much as I can.
00:27:38What the f**k is going on up here?
00:27:44Oh, yeah, 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.
00:28:20OK, 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.
00:29:02Now 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, something in our contact wreck 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.
00:29:34For 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.
00:29:53How's it going?
00:29:54What's going on?
00:29:57Big Red's contactor, essentially the starter for the shaker
00:30:00deck, just 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,
00:30:17we're screwed.
00:30:19I'll get one as quick as we can.
00:30:22I'm going to have to hunt down Jack,
00:30:24so I'll get him in the air.
00:30:27OK.
00:30:28And we'll have one by the end of the day, maybe.
00:30:31If it doesn't look like we can get one tonight, then...
00:30:34Frost Fighters on the sluice runs.
00:30:37Good .
00:30:37It's a nightmare.
00:30:39All 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
00:30:56back, so 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,
00:31:10um, running an excavator, and 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, perfect.
00:31:30Time is of the essence.
00:31:31Can 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've got to run a little bit of water.
00:32:11The gold might shift a bit.
00:32:12But 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 to park here in no time.
00:32:35Parker's crew are praying for a replacement part to be flown in from Whitehorse, 300 miles
00:32:42away.
00:32:44Parker's crew is a great guy.
00:32:45I guess we play the waiting game now.
00:32:54Is that an airplane right here?
00:32:55I think so.
00:32:56Who's that, Jack?
00:32:58Yeah, Jack?
00:32:59Yeah, Jack.
00:33:01There we go.
00:33:02There we go.
00:33:03Yeah, Jack.
00:33:03There we go.
00:33:03I don't know.
00:33:06I don't know.
00:33:12I don't know.
00:33:18you got the goods got the goods hopefully that's the right one sick thank you jack
00:33:24i'll see you later you're a lifesaver thank you
00:33:38oh man our savior that's awesome wicked thank you so much no worries let me know when you get it
00:33:47back
00:33:47up and running yeah all right thanks guys let's get this new guy hung and see if we can get
00:33:52this
00:33:52quiet shaking again perfect this is so crusty oh don't break anything
00:34:02okay that's our new part installed sweet yeah let's do it
00:34:10moment of truth here see what happens
00:34:20okay yeah
00:34:28nice work fellas beautiful sight isn't it thank god
00:34:35parker was able to pull it off we got big red back up and running so all we have to
00:34:40do is finish off the
00:34:42last bit of pay and go home
00:34:57if everything does go belly up i can actually hear tony sucks to be you
00:35:07so i think deep down even though they don't say it they'd be pretty
00:35:11heartbroken that i wasn't able to make it happen
00:35:15while dad tony battles for mining supremacy eldest son kevin beats 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 mind boss has been sluicing slow and steady
00:35:52to protect his equipment and only wash plant but low risk has delivered low rewards leaving kevin
00:36:00nearly 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 that covers all our costs
00:36:11that
00:36:12gets us enough to get started next year and if we don't have that we're running on fumes
00:36:21so we're gonna fight and we're gonna make it happen
00:36:26turn the up
00:36:34look at her flying in there kevin's hail mary plan turn up his wash plant speed for the first time
00:36:43this
00:36:43season from 100 to 150 yards per hour in the hope he can get through his sphinx cut pay pile
00:36:52before winter freezes him out hopefully that'll put us on the fast back to 2 000 ounces
00:37:00we got it turned up so we're just slamming the pay in there chelsea march keeps pace with the turned
00:37:08up plant we've got a pretty big pay pile to get through i don't know if we're gonna have enough
00:37:14time to run all this pay through before the end of the season honestly so um yeah we just have
00:37:20to
00:37:21sluice as much as we possibly can and run through this pay
00:37:33it looks like we've lost water to the plant hey tyler there's no water at the plant i'm gonna shut
00:37:39it
00:37:39down okay 10 for it
00:37:53jack tells the pump smoking the pump's smoking holy
00:37:59copy kevin yeah 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 ah huh what the
00:38:33uh don't touch that here that's also hot okay
00:38:39well
00:38:43so our return fuel lines and it looks like the injectors too
00:38:49kevin's last ditch plan has backfired when he turned up the plant he increased his pump's water
00:38:56pressure to deal with the extra dirt the added workload has blown the pump's fuel lines and
00:39:03injectors this kind of puts us dead in the water until we can fix it find a replacement or something
00:39:10so close to the end can't stop now though so now we'll go bug face and see if she can
00:39:19do the magic that
00:39:20she do because yeah if not well that's it we're done
00:39:41okay
00:39:42hey hey
00:39:45how's going uh the pump has basically gone bluey
00:39:52uh okay um and you i'm guessing you can't fix it
00:39:59i know the last time we tried to get similar parts there was at least a two-week venture so
00:40:05and with the time we have left i don't think that's gonna work
00:40:08or we could try asking tony see what he says
00:40:14yeah don't really like to go back to the old man
00:40:18i'd rather we fail on our own than just keep getting help
00:40:25it is close to the end of season chances are someone's selling him a pump
00:40:29yeah yeah i'll reach out to a couple miners that i know around the area
00:40:38i'll go yeah redirect the troops if you want to get on that and best of luck
00:40:44bounce you as well
00:40:49oh sucks
00:40:54really hopes you can pull something out of the ether
00:40:58if i don't get the pump i don't know if we're gonna be able to come back
00:41:01i'm a bit worried this is kevin's dream this is our dream to run the business ourselves
00:41:09hopefully we get to keep on with this dream
00:41:20so i got my fingers crossed at scribner creek kevin's fight for survival relies on partner faith
00:41:29finding a new pump for his wash plant
00:41:36we have a pump right there that's very nice yes i i think we're first in line yes well at
00:41:43least we
00:41:44have to run right now to go get it oh hell all right okay i'm guessing you're gonna go deal
00:41:49with
00:41:49the with the money part yes i should go grab it yes all right sounds good let's do that
00:42:12you 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 head and pop goes this is quite quite a heart wrench
00:42:28hopefully everything works out all right let's fire it up
00:42:41i can see it from here we got water means pump is working she's flowing all the way over there
00:42:49i can see it from here listen how nice that sounds very nice back to getting some gold yeah
00:43:17hello hello hello it's running again yay oh my gosh and with the pay file we can
00:43:26at least get through it now you saved the day faith faith it's good finding that pump is running
00:43:33lovely we can finally get through our pay mountain plants all turned up i think it's a good day
00:44:00good day
00:44:02finally on pay boys start making that stockpile well hot diggity dog oh time in the last chance cut the
00:44:13nest
00:44:14crew have finally hit pay and now must sluice non-stop to have any hope of reaching their 1800 ounce
00:44:23goal
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 goal
00:44:30it's going to come down right for the last date just 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 there's some good sized boulders which is a good sign there'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 it does actually
00:45:03the weather's moving in so it's going to be pretty important once this plant fires
00:45:06up that we don't stop running this plant
00:45:16it's chilly yes six hours after hitting pay as the temperatures drop to 28 degrees
00:45:25there's finally enough stockpiled pay to fire up she's frosty yeah the carpets are hard
00:45:34it ain't gonna fall until we get fired up nope
00:45:43boy she sounds cold
00:45:49it's time rick better get his night shift ready that ain't shutting off
00:46:00you ready for this buddy yeah
00:46:05everything's fueled everything's topped off so i think you guys are ready to rock and roll man
00:46:08thanks again hi bro thanks kyle get the out of here for the night all right ready let's do it
00:46:14buddy
00:46:17rick and z step up to work through the night
00:46:21so the exhausted crew can get some sleep
00:46:33we've got no choice right now we've got to run the wheels off of everything if we want to get
00:46:36to
00:46:361800 ounces and uh running the night shift the way we got to do it hey rick you got a
00:46:42copy
00:46:43yeah go ahead i'll tell you what it's more stressful doing it at night it'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 z's last shift before he heads home for the season
00:47:01it sucks going home this early i'm just stressed at home we haven't hit our goal yet so
00:47:09if you have pay laying on the ground and there's hours left in the day you run the plant
00:47:28hey rick you got a copy yeah go for rick there's a clog on this hopper
00:48:05there's two flat rocks just jammed in here on the side
00:48:09it's loose now you can see all the flat ones here too look that got through i know i think
00:48:15that's it
00:48:18let's give her
00:48:28it ain't spin it oh
00:48:46The belt, it ain't spinning.
00:48:50Yeah.
00:48:51The head drum's spinning, but it's not catching the belt.
00:48:54You can't get traction.
00:48:56At Dunkin' Creek, the feed conveyor on Rick's monster red wash plant has failed to fire up in the cold.
00:49:05Maybe I'll just heat that up.
00:49:07Can you grab that tiger torch?
00:49:09Yeah.
00:49:14Thanks, buddy.
00:49:17This is the head drum.
00:49:18This is what turns.
00:49:21It's really cold, so when rubber gets cold, it gets hard, 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 a killer.
00:49:49Oh, that should do it.
00:49:51Should be warm.
00:49:52We'll have to get going.
00:49:52We'll see.
00:49:54Good.
00:49:55Here we go.
00:49:56Ready?
00:49:57Yeah.
00:49:57Ready.
00:50:12Good to go, buddy.
00:50:16If you don't laugh, it's just going to make you crazy.
00:50:19Love it, buddy.
00:50:21Nice job.
00:50:23There's always something happening, especially this time of year.
00:50:26But we are still running, and we're going to stay that way.
00:50:30But we've got a long ways to go.
00:50:49Mike, do you have a coffee, Mike?
00:50:52Someone 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, but it's normal 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.
00:51:33How 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 don't have to run
00:52:08as 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 the bank, 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.
00:52:58That completely jammed up my distributor.
00:53:03Oh, man.
00:53:04Man, this is a serious f**k bump.
00:53:10The Trummel filters gold from worthless dirt, throwing the waste tailings out the back of its barrel.
00:53:19Overnight, these tailings have built up, spilling into a 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.
00:53:51Starter, zapper!
00:54:02The f**k ton of 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 f**k up 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 f**k!
00:54:57It's f**k!
00:54:59He says it's f**k!
00:55:01Huh?
00:55:02He went like this. He says it's f**k!
00:55:11The motor's fried!
00:55:23The motor's broken.
00:55:27F**k!
00:55:37Ah, get that one off, get him to bring it up here.
00:55:39At Paradise Hill, after clearing a rock jam in the Trummel's distributor, now it won't fire up, leaving the beets
00:55:49with just two plants running.
00:55:51Ah, you f**k!
00:55:52And only days of sluicing left.
00:55:55Whoa!
00:55:56It's a little on the crispy side.
00:55:59Rock got caught, and if jam the f**k stopped and the f**k 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 going to start putting it back together.
00:56:20Everybody in the hole.
00:56:24If I could be sluicing tonight, that's if everything goes right.
00:56:28But considering how my luck's been going with this plant, I'm probably going to 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 Beetz 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.
00:57:49Unfortunately, I'm experienced in it.
00:57:52I know.
00:58:13The 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.
00:58:24And we've got a cut that needs to be down to gravel.
00:58:27We're going to get it sluiced 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 D-11 dozers must remove the final acre of a four
00:59:18-foot-deep layer of mud.
00:59:22Then rip through the frozen pay layer beneath to allow it to thaw.
00:59:29We're just going to have to push through and get it all done as fast as we can here.
00:59:34This is it. We've got to make her happen tonight.
00:59:41I appreciate you putting in the extra hours out here to help me get all this done.
00:59:46Aw man, I couldn't be happier to help you, my friend.
00:59:48I'm hoping to be able to get home for my daughter's birthday in time.
00:59:52How old is she turning this year?
00:59:55Dude, gonna be six already.
00:59:58Feels like two years ago when I was racing home to be there when she was born.
01:00:05Yeah man, seeing how old Pistol is now, dude.
01:00:09It's hard not to get sad and look back on all the days that I missed 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.
01:00:39Come on baby, come on.
01:00:45Come on baby, come on, come on.
01:00:51Yeah buddy, we're rolling it now.
01:00:54A lot of horsepower 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.
01:01:11How are you looking?
01:01:12Guys, I think I'm starting to see you the same here.
01:01:15Hell 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 gotta be kidding me.
01:01:36Come on, man.
01:01:44Oh, man.
01:01:46She's ground right down.
01:01:48There is no way that's gonna make it.
01:01:59We are so close to having this done, but that tooth is not gonna make it through the rest of
01:02:03this.
01:02:04At Kennan Stewart's, Mitch Blaschke's mission to rip a frozen cut by morning has ground to a halt.
01:02:13You can see here, this is our ripper tooth.
01:02:16When you're ripping in this gravel, it's so abrasive that this last little bit that's left here,
01:02:21that'll be gone in a couple of 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, the ripper shank will be damaged.
01:02:38Sun's starting to come up.
01:02:39We 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.
01:03:19We're about out of time.
01:03:19Sounds good.
01:03:26Yeah, buddy!
01:03:27Here we go!
01:03:29Back in action!
01:03:37Just gotta get this last little bit ripped.
01:03:39We're gonna have this thing done.
01:03:50Well, Brennan, I'm seeing lots of rock in this.
01:03:53I think this is exactly where we need to be.
01:03:55Oh, that's the best news I've heard all night, man.
01:03:59We've got this cut down on gravel for next season here at Ken's.
01:04:10Well, buddy, we did it!
01:04:11Yeah, nice work, brother.
01:04:13Man, what a project, dude.
01:04:14What 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.
01:04:46Well, 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.
01:05:07Hopefully it doesn't hang out for too long for it to burn off.
01:05:10It's gonna be a nice day.
01:05:12Yeah.
01:05:14Um, well, it looks like you're about done.
01:05:16You don't have much of a pile left.
01:05:18Yeah, I was shrinking pretty quick.
01:05:20Stripping is done, so we made it.
01:05:23Sweet.
01:05:24You've done your tour of duty.
01:05:25You've had a hell of a season, Mitch.
01:05:28Good job, man.
01:05:29Thanks, dude.
01:05:30Appreciate it.
01:05:41This is so awesome to see what we've accomplished this season.
01:05:45But the best part 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.
01:05:52But regardless of that, we've got a lot of ground still to mine.
01:06:09We're just, uh, getting smooth stuff.
01:06:12The Ness crew have been running last chance pay through Monster Red flat out for four days.
01:06:21The material looks really good.
01:06:24Hopefully it's gonna deliver us close to 420 ounces.
01:06:28You know, I'm pretty confident that we'll get a good clean out on this, but will it be enough?
01:06:33I'm not sure.
01:06:35If we can get our 1,800-ounce gold, Rick will give us a gold bonus, so I'm gonna cross
01:06:40my fingers.
01:06:43We're out of pay. We gotta shut down.
01:06:45That's it.
01:06:48Shut it down.
01:06:50With the last chance pay done, Rick calls time on the season.
01:06:57That's it.
01:06:59Now we just gotta hope that the gold's in the box.
01:07:02We gotta weigh it up and see where we end up.
01:07:08After cleaning up the gold, Rick's crew gather in the only bar in Keno for the make-or-break final
01:07:16gold way of the season.
01:07:18What a year.
01:07:20A little stressful.
01:07:21Yeah, this year we're gonna f*** around for us all year.
01:07:25Hello.
01:07:25Hello, Rick.
01:07:27You guys are all here waiting on me.
01:07:29All right.
01:07:29I got a present for you.
01:07:31Oh.
01:07:35Here's my drink, yeah.
01:07:36Oh, look at that.
01:07:37Thanks, sir.
01:07:39Yeah, any season.
01:07:40We made it through another one, though.
01:07:42Yeah.
01:07:42Time to find out if they've banked enough gold to make their bonus and secure their future.
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.
01:08:02We got some gold out of it.
01:08:04I think there's gold there.
01:08:05It's definitely good for the future.
01:08:07I don't know what you guys think about it, but would you come back for Lightning Creek?
01:08:11That's a, I hate to be in that dude, but that's a tough one for me to come back to
01:08:16if we don't
01:08:17have a water license for Duncan Creek.
01:08:19I'm going to be honest, man.
01:08:20I'm in limbo.
01:08:21Yeah, for sure.
01:08:23I don't know what it looks like yet.
01:08:24I'll be honest with you.
01:08:25We're just trying to survive this season at the moment.
01:08:29Well, maybe we should see what we got, eh?
01:08:31Let's do it.
01:08:31Let's do it.
01:08:32I'm sure you're dying to know.
01:08:33All right, we are.
01:08:35To hit his 1,800-ounce goal, Rick needs the last chance cut to deliver 420 ounces.
01:08:46All right, moment of truth.
01:08:5010, 20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90.
01:09:04100.
01:09:15131.91.
01:09:21Oh.
01:09:23But we got more.
01:09:26All right.
01:09:27There's 100.
01:09:30There's no 100.
01:09:36That means 431.91.
01:09:41That's it.
01:09:43What?
01:09:43On that last one-week cleanup.
01:09:46Worth over $1,727,000.
01:09:52$1,811.56.
01:09:54That's so close, it's ridiculous.
01:09:55Yeah.
01:09:56Yeah.
01:09:57Yeah.
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.
01:10:05100%.
01:10:05Yeah.
01:10:06Rick's final total is worth over $7,246,000.
01:10:15That's awesome, isn't it?
01:10:17Yeah.
01:10:17You're right.
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.
01:10:31No, you earned it.
01:10:34You worked damn hard for it.
01:10:35There's not a season that we haven't been with you that we have not hit our total now.
01:10:39If there's a team to do it, it's us.
01:10:42Jerry.
01:10:43Jerry.
01:10:44Thanks 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.
01:11:28But we get through this year.
01:11:30We can get through any year.
01:11:44Well, what do you think, guys?
01:11:46I think it's getting cold, Tony.
01:11:47Our balls are almost freezing off.
01:11:49Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:11:50Do I like to keep on going?
01:11:52Sure, sure, sure.
01:11:53Anyway, do you think it's time to shove it down here, 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, last bucket of pay.
01:12:07We're finally done.
01:12:08Yeah, so let's shut her down, and then we've got a full clean-up.
01:12:10Yep.
01:12:13And as Tony shuts down...
01:12:17Big red.
01:12:19Dead for the season.
01:12:22Hawker'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, I didn't think we'd get through it all.
01:12:37I mean, the golden mile was literally a mile.
01:12:40Let's get a clean-up done and see what's in it.
01:12:43Whatever Tony's got.
01:12:45I 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.
01:13:23All right.
01:13:25Hi, Monica.
01:13:27Guys, this is our last Gold Ways.
01:13:30Then Kevin and Faith just pulled up.
01:13:31Perfect.
01:13:32Good.
01:13:32Then we get the show on the road.
01:13:35Before Tony's gold hits the scales...
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.
01:13:52Not very well.
01:13:54Is that a surprise?
01:13:56Yeah, I never worry about that stuff.
01:13:57That's the fun part.
01:13:58I know.
01:13:58That's the problem.
01:13:59I think we're the same in that manner.
01:14:01You're actually admitting you're a little bit the same as your father?
01:14:04Oh, there's definitely parts where we're alike.
01:14:06Anyway, are you going to hit your gold?
01:14:07Don't know.
01:14:08That'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
01:14:25gold.
01:14:27So, let's see what we've got.
01:14:29There you go.
01:14:30Shut up.
01:14:3110.
01:14:3320.
01:14:3440.
01:14:3560.
01:14:3670.
01:14:3690.
01:14:37100.
01:14:38120.
01:14:38150.
01:14:40180.
01:14:41189.
01:14:43200.
01:14:45220.
01:14:46230.
01:14:4750.
01:14:48260.
01:14:49270.
01:14:50300.
01:14:51330.
01:14:51350.
01:14:53376.
01:14:56376.
01:14:5636.
01:14:5736.
01:14:58So our amount was your total, though.
01:15:00That's 1,591.
01:15:02Why are you going to be able to mine next year?
01:15:06I mean, it's a good thing the gold price is this high.
01:15:08start of next season be a little stressful for uh yeah we get to come back next year
01:15:15wait are you sure you're happy about that some more suffering please
01:15:21kevin finishes over 400 ounces below target but with record gold prices his 1591 ounce haul
01:15:32is still worth over 6.3 million dollars i'm personally happy to hear that you guys are coming
01:15:41back next year thank you thank you we should probably weigh up some stuff now for the main
01:15:48event so parker had a good season i think i can beat parker
01:15:55let's find a lot to put me okay do it first up find a lot's gold from the corner cut
01:16:02where it's averaging 250 ounces a week 140 170 200 202.18 that's it yeah well that's what that's
01:16:15okay done on to the next one right sluice lot okay sluice lot here we go sluice a lot ran
01:16:22tony's new
01:16:23early bird cut extension that earlier in the season delivered 300 ounces a week
01:16:30to 10 to 30 to 40 to 50 to 66.96 that's pretty damn good i mean that cut did
01:16:39very good this spring
01:16:40that early bird did very good on the end good start good finish that's right absolutely that works
01:16:47so that was all the indian river stuff tony's indian river haul brings his total to 10 681 ounces
01:16:57stretching his lead over parker by nearly 600 ounces you should do the hill stuff now yes may as well
01:17:04as the king prepares his next gold pour
01:17:0910 miles away yo yo the mining mogul is getting ready to fight back do you realize collectively
01:17:19we have sluiced over 10 000 hours this year yeah we were busy i was just doing the numbers we
01:17:27sluiced
01:17:27two million yards oh i'd be surprised if tony beats us yep okay should we weigh some gold all right
01:17:36let's do
01:17:37it this is roxanne first up wash plant roxanne with the last of the gold from ken and stewart's
01:17:48which last week delivered 134 ounces 60 80 and
01:18:02ninety four point nine zero not bad yeah
01:18:08the lone soul bob next wash plant bob with the final bridge cut gold averaging 140 ounces a week 40
01:18:23seventy seventy seventy ninety
01:18:29one oh three point seven five
01:18:33yeah not bad it's not bad triple digits yeah parker's total is up to ten thousand two hundred and
01:18:42eighty eight clawing tony's lead down to less than 400 ounces with the golden mile still to weigh
01:18:52but the king is now ready to tally up his final two plants start with harold michael yep
01:19:00harold has been running hester cut pay last week it brought in 130 ounces
01:19:08let's go 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130
01:19:20132.12 nice to see mike it is a nice little hole all right so we've got our last one
01:19:27are you ready to
01:19:28be jealous i'm gonna be annoyed aren't i one last up mike's trommel two the monster plant's been running
01:19:36paradise hills white channel pay averaging 320 ounces a week ready
01:19:4420 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
01:19:55120 130 140 150 170 180 190 200 210 240 250 260 270
01:20:03230 230 330 330 330 330 390 410 417.36 hot damn two million bucks
01:20:15not best for the last little haul that's amazing our biggest season ever
01:20:21the beats finish with a colossal season total of 11 231 ounces worth a massive
01:20:3145 million dollars
01:20:35it was a great season guys let's wrap her up and let's get on and off let's get ready for
01:20:40the next one
01:20:41that was a good season my friend it was a damn good season things fell in place
01:20:47that's nice to see at our age to come all this together that way yeah but really i'm ready to
01:20:53go
01:20:54start next spring not me i want to have a holiday first i almost guarantee i'll be the first one
01:20:59back
01:20:59in the yukon
01:21:03tony 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 all righty let's see how the golden
01:21:19mile finished off parker is combining his golden goose and big red wash plants into one final double
01:21:26pour together they ran the end of the golden mile the richest cut parker's mind this season 130 180
01:21:36to 20 240 keeps coming eh 260 300
01:21:50307.95
01:21:56so where'd we end up this week 506.6 our season total 10 596.45 ounces
01:22:12i'm just gonna say 10 600 i'm sure there's three extra ounces in that safe somewhere well done gentlemen
01:22:19well done that's all 10 six three parker finishes 630 ounces behind tony the now undisputed king of
01:22:30the klondike but his 10 600 ounces is still parker's biggest ever season haul worth 42 million dollars
01:22:43we had a really good season you know this last week i think
01:22:47probably could have pulled a little more gold out if we didn't have as many problems as we did
01:22:51but overall you know super solid year parker's such a smart miner as i look back through the years
01:23:00from a snot nose kid at 38 ounces for his first season to 10 000 ounces now it's amazing just
01:23:09totally
01:23:09amazing we'll be back next year and we'll hopefully do even more and i'm ready to hunt for the next
01:23:18big project right like
01:23:22the elephant gun is loaded and we need to find where to go next
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