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I told you where
to put your sluice, over here.
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Everybody's telling me
to put it like this.
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After weeks of butting heads...
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You've been stepping
on my toes the whole project.
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No, I haven't.
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And unexpected setbacks
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the Hoffmans are
looking forward.
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Is that what I think it is?
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- I think it's a drift, isn't it?
- Yeah.
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But with just
the Holy Roller running,
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they'll need Hunter's
second plant
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to hit their
$1.75 million target.
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We're firing the Black Pearl,
everybody clear.
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Will
the Black Pearl's maiden run
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help them sail towards
their season-long
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1,000-ounce gold?
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- It's rolling.
- She rolls.
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Look at that little patch
of gold right there.
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That's money in the bank.
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Or will it sink them?
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Sparky, you've gotta talk to me.
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Hey, we got water
gushing out in the pan.
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You gotta be kidding me.
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With the Holy Roller's
current gold production
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well short
of the 100-ounce average
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the Hoffmans are
aiming for this week.
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And the Black Pearl, one part
shy of being operational,
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Hunter and Framer
set out to find it.
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Two running plants will mean
double the production.
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Last piece of the wash plant,
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we're really close
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I honestly didn't think we were
gonna be able to get this far.
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To get the Black
Pearl to this point,
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Hunter and his team had to cut
the wash plant into three pieces
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to transport it 80 miles
across an unforgiving road.
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I look good over here.
How are you guys looking?
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And then reassemble
the 80,000-lb behemoth on site
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with limited parts and tools.
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That's it!
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We got stuff done we didn't
think we were gonna be able to.
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It's a big plant,
requires a lot of water.
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You know it didn't come
with a pump.
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If I don't have enough water,
I can't run it at all.
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So, I called Nate.
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He's been a huge lifesaver
for me this season.
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And he called around.
He found me a pump,
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and I'm hoping that this
is gonna be just enough
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to get us enough water
for the Black Pearl.
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There she is.
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Right now, it's my only option
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and, we're gonna see
if we can make it work.
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- Hunter, man, what's going on?
- How's it going?
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- How are you?
- Good to see you.
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- Good.
- There she is.
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So we pulled it off.
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- Yeah, it's no Barco pump, you're right.
- -No.
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But do you know what it
takes to find a pump in Nome?
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- This one's gonna cost you.
- Yeah, I figured.
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Do you know any specs
on this, like the water?
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You're gonna have to dial in.
Depends on what you got for nozzle.
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But it's gonna work.
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- They've got a suction line too.
- Okay.
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So that will marry up
right here.
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You're gonna have to change
your discharge phalange,
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but other than that, I mean, it's
self-priming, it's a good pump.
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It should be everything
you need right now.
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I mean, right now,
beggars can't be choosers.
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I don't really have
too many options.
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- You wanna crank it up?
- Yeah.
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- You hold the Murphy switch.
- Yeah.
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- The only downside is it's a small pump.
- Yep.
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So you might struggle
with water supply a little bit.
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Well, Hunter, what do
you think? You want it?
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Hey, well it runs,
and it's a pump, so...
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- It's a pump.
- It's better than what I had, so...
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- All right, let's get it loaded.
- Let's do it.
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You know, your Achilles'
heel in mining is your water.
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You have to have enough water
to make the sluices work properly.
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We need this to run,
so we'll see what happens.
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- All right, are you ready?
- Yeah.
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These are the last pieces I needed
to get the Black Pearl running.
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I got a pump, so I'm hoping
this weekend
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we'll get everything wrapped up.
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All right, what do I owe you?
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We'll talk later.
Just get that plant running.
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If it all works out,
maybe I can pay you in gold.
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I never turn down gold,
you know.
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We're both involved
in this thing now.
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- You've had to help me so many times, you know.
- Exactly.
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Actually I'm
a little bit nervous.
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It's a good pump, but it's old.
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It's a last-minute deal.
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Hopefully this thing runs
like it's supposed to.
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There we go.
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That's it, let's roll.
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- Nate, thanks for saving my ass again.
- Any time, bud.
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Thank you, I appreciate it.
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You know, hopefully in a day
or two we're up and running.
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We're coming out nice
and clean. They look good.
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Back at the mine,
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the Holy Roller hits
its midday stride
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as it processes material.
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Last week
was really, really good.
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Big picture, we're still way
behind where we need to be.
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We just plain and simple
need to get more gold.
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We need 100 ounces a week
to hit our goal.
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Ten-four, will do, Todd.
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I need Hunter to get the
Black Pearl up and running.
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And while that's happening,
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I need to put the best
pay dirt I can
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through the Holy Roller,
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and just keep grinding
as much gold as we can get.
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We got a limited amount
of pay dirt right now.
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We will run out eventually
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if we do not find
some more quick.
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But at the end of the day
we need the mother lode.
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We wanna hit it.
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I have pulled straight up
to you, port side in.
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Perfecto. Thanks.
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Across the claim
on the ancient riverbed cut,
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Andy and the rest of the crew
work to keep the plant fed.
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We had a lot of high
hopes coming into this season,
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and we still do.
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But we have a long ways to go.
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We wanna get 1,000 ounces,
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so I'm gonna keep stripping pay,
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just keep going.
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Holy crap.
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It's just solid ice,
the side of that hill.
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That is really cool.
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And it shows we're on the gold.
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Hey, Todd, if you've got a
second, come down here to the cut
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I've got something to show you.
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That's 10-four.
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Holy crap, look how big
that sucker is.
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Is that what I think it is?
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- I think it's a drift, isn't it?
- Yeah.
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That's a tunnel.
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It's a big tunnel.
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I've exposed an old drift.
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When the old timers
were in there
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digging with pick and shovel
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this had to have been
really rich ground
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for these guys to be
doing this all by hand.
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What Andy has
unearthed are the remains
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of what's known as
a miner's drift.
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A subterranean tunnel
built wide enough
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so that several miners
could pan long sections
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of promising pay dirt
well below the surface.
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For the miners who worked
this claim 100 years ago,
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this was laborious
backbreaking work
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done with the technology
of their time,
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which was mostly
pickaxes and shovels.
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It looks like this drift
filled up with water and soil,
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and it froze.
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We've been digging
into it from the side.
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That don't look like
a little hole.
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That was, like...
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It's like a family
of miners could go in it.
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If you find a tunnel
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or a guy picked his way through,
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we take this very, very serious.
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And when we've ever
found any of these,
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it's always been
the best gold we ever had.
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So, the old timers,
they had to go for big gold
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because gold was only
20, 30 bucks an ounce.
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So the amount of gold that
they had to dig up by hand,
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was unbelievable.
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Hey, Thurber, come on down. I
want you to have a look at this.
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An old pale.
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There's some more stuff
up there. What is that?
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Dude, they were
living up in here.
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This was probably full of gold.
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You fill this up with gold
and then take it out.
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I don't know.
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The old timers,
they investigated.
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They started a little tunnel,
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if it started paying off,
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they made a bigger tunnel,
and a bigger tunnel.
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And either that guy
was a fat guy like me,
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or he had a hell of a lot
of gold in there.
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- I'll go with the gold.
- Yeah, me too.
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Thurber, see that tunnel?
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That's crazy.
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I need you to take
a sample of that.
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- You can see where he was carving in.
- Yeah.
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- You see how he made his tunnel wide?
- Sure.
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- He was lugging that stuff directly on the side.
- Yep.
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It's kinda cool.
A hundred-plus years ago,
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someone walked around
with that bucket
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and for whatever reason,
they stopped there.
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We're gonna continue on.
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So... it kinda gets you.
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If you don't get it,
it's kinda hard to explain
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but, you know,
why did they quit?
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Did they die out here?
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I mean, it's such a huge story.
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To be part of it
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yeah. It's pretty big.
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I could go up right here.
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Every time that we've
ever been in this gray layer,
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it's got a lot of gold in it.
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Based on previous
signs and this color soil,
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Andy and Thurber suspect
the miner's drift
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could yield just north
of three ounces per 100 yards.
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Yeah, that's just crazy.
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I couldn't believe it
when I started opening it.
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Yeah, it's kinda eerie.
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- Okay, I'll go freeze my hands somewhere.
- Okay.
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- This is the fun part.
- Yeah.
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But also when the gold table
turns from green to gold it's good.
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Okay.
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We're just kind of chomping
at the bit to see what's going on.
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What I'm doing
is I'm screening it.
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We rinse everything off.
We get a true test.
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If you throw rocks
before you wash them
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they probably have gold on them.
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That's how you want
your rocks to look
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after they go through
the trommel. Clean.
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If they're dirty, they've
got gold on them still.
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You've gotta remember,
you got two handfuls of dirt.
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If you see any gold,
it's probably very rich.
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Wow, wow, wow.
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Holy crap.
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Wow, wow, wow.
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Holy crap.
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So Thurber just took
a little sample,
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just outside of the drift.
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So I'm gonna go take a look.
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- What?
- I think I know why they were there.
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- It's pretty good.
- Pretty good?
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Dude, look at how
big the gold is,
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how much there is.
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Look at all that.
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If you start here, I'm
not even gonna count them.
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There's just gold
all through here.
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Some bigger pieces.
That one there,
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you'd drop it in the pan
it will actually make noise.
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- That's a picker.
- Yeah.
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Holy smoke.
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In all of the years of thousands
of pans that we did in the Yukon,
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I've never seen gold like that.
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I can't wait to run this stuff.
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This is crazy good.
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The Black Pearl is really close.
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It's gonna be one
of life's delicious moments
247
00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:31,130
when we see
this thing running, so...
248
00:12:31,170 --> 00:12:34,100
The Black Pearl's
new pump is now set in place,
249
00:12:34,130 --> 00:12:37,960
bringing the plant one step
closer to its first fire up.
250
00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,000
Whoo!
251
00:12:39,030 --> 00:12:40,680
- Got it!
- Yeah!
252
00:12:41,860 --> 00:12:44,890
- Ready?
- Now we just stick this baby together.
253
00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:46,550
Finally got the pump.
254
00:12:46,580 --> 00:12:48,790
The last thing we need to do
is hook up the water line
255
00:12:48,820 --> 00:12:50,550
and send water up to the plant.
256
00:12:50,580 --> 00:12:51,860
We had a smaller pump,
257
00:12:51,890 --> 00:12:53,890
but we're not really
experienced with that pump.
258
00:12:53,930 --> 00:12:56,890
I'm hoping that because of the
water line being a little bit bigger,
259
00:12:56,930 --> 00:12:59,596
we have a little more volume to get
us enough water for the Black Pearl.
260
00:12:59,620 --> 00:13:01,836
But we won't know until we get
this whole thing hooked up.
261
00:13:01,860 --> 00:13:05,000
As long as this gets done,
everything else falls in place.
262
00:13:05,030 --> 00:13:06,930
If you don't have water,
you don't have a plant.
263
00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:08,370
Ready?
264
00:13:11,410 --> 00:13:13,060
I am nervous.
This is a lot of work.
265
00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:15,270
I don't know any other
kids in their early 20s
266
00:13:15,310 --> 00:13:16,890
that have taken on
a project like this,
267
00:13:16,930 --> 00:13:19,060
and completely rebuilt,
268
00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:23,000
you know, the biggest trommel
that we've ever seen basically.
269
00:13:23,030 --> 00:13:25,620
Most of the people here don't
think I'm gonna be able to do it,
270
00:13:25,650 --> 00:13:28,620
but, you know, I'm
too committed to back out now
271
00:13:28,650 --> 00:13:30,216
and I'm really just trying
to prove to myself
272
00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,650
that I can get this
thing running.
273
00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:34,060
Hold on. Hold on.
Hold on! Turn it this way.
274
00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:35,456
You know, I've got
a lot of responsibility
275
00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:36,890
to actually get this
plant running.
276
00:13:36,930 --> 00:13:38,860
It's gonna be a huge piece
277
00:13:38,890 --> 00:13:41,270
to us actually getting
to our goal, I think, so...
278
00:13:41,310 --> 00:13:43,750
All right, that's it! Let's go.
279
00:13:46,270 --> 00:13:47,890
You can't stop
the Black Pearl, baby.
280
00:14:01,930 --> 00:14:03,440
Across the mine,
281
00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,890
Andy scratches pay
at the miner's drift.
282
00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:14,510
Enlisting Dakota and Cub
to transport it to the plants.
283
00:14:20,550 --> 00:14:21,680
Hey, Dakota...
284
00:14:22,930 --> 00:14:23,930
Yeah.
285
00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:25,030
It's Papa here.
286
00:14:31,030 --> 00:14:33,170
This will light a sluice box up.
287
00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:34,680
Big mistake.
288
00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,580
Never tell us that.
289
00:14:36,620 --> 00:14:39,410
Probably shouldn't
have said that to us.
290
00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:40,820
Nowhere is stuff gonna light up.
291
00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:43,480
Yeah.
292
00:14:46,790 --> 00:14:47,650
It doesn't matter.
293
00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:48,960
It's all going
to the same place.
294
00:15:03,510 --> 00:15:05,030
Getting some pay
up to the Black Pearl.
295
00:15:10,170 --> 00:15:12,130
So here it is, our first
tons of pay.
296
00:15:12,170 --> 00:15:13,450
I think this stuff's
pretty rich.
297
00:15:25,060 --> 00:15:26,480
Once we've got
a little pile going,
298
00:15:26,510 --> 00:15:27,866
I'm gonna call the excavator
up from here.
299
00:15:27,890 --> 00:15:29,170
We'll fire up.
300
00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:30,726
And I don't know how
this plant's gonna run it,
301
00:15:30,750 --> 00:15:32,190
but we'll know
by the end of the day.
302
00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:35,170
This is dope. It smells good.
303
00:15:41,860 --> 00:15:44,480
- Have we got all the hoses hooked up?
- -Yep.
304
00:15:44,510 --> 00:15:47,000
The motor, everything
is supposed to be dialed.
305
00:15:47,030 --> 00:15:50,340
Yeah, everything looks dialed.
Chain is set, rollers is set.
306
00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,060
- Yep, I think we're good.
- Yeah, it looks pretty good, bro.
307
00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:00,620
Okay.
308
00:16:00,650 --> 00:16:02,720
After four weeks
of construction,
309
00:16:02,750 --> 00:16:04,790
the Hoffmans have
the Black Pearl rigged
310
00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:07,820
and ready to run gold
for the first time.
311
00:16:14,030 --> 00:16:17,650
So, I wanted to have
everybody up here because...
312
00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,340
You guys know how much work
me and Sparky have put into this.
313
00:16:20,370 --> 00:16:21,650
A lot of you guys
helped on this.
314
00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,860
I really, genuinely,
appreciate it.
315
00:16:23,890 --> 00:16:26,930
I know this is my
10th summer mining,
316
00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,866
but I think that this summer
I probably learned more
317
00:16:28,890 --> 00:16:31,270
than every other season
maybe combined.
318
00:16:32,650 --> 00:16:36,960
So, I don't know how well
it's gonna run.
319
00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,866
I haven't put any dirt
through it, but, you know,
320
00:16:38,890 --> 00:16:40,346
I thought it would be cool
for everybody to be here
321
00:16:40,370 --> 00:16:43,130
for us to fire it up and kind of
have this moment together, so...
322
00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,100
You know, Hunter,
I'm real proud of you guys.
323
00:16:47,130 --> 00:16:49,650
I came up and helped
you a little bit,
324
00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:51,310
but, you know, you did it all.
325
00:16:51,340 --> 00:16:55,000
And just even getting
that drum on there
326
00:16:56,100 --> 00:16:58,030
is a chore in itself.
327
00:16:58,060 --> 00:17:00,170
I'm excited. You guys
put in a lot of work,
328
00:17:00,790 --> 00:17:01,790
a lot of late nights,
329
00:17:02,410 --> 00:17:03,480
a lot of welding,
330
00:17:04,270 --> 00:17:05,270
but you did it.
331
00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,480
It was a huge task.
332
00:17:07,510 --> 00:17:10,340
I think that it's gonna get
us, you know, to our goal.
333
00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:12,930
It's a proven wash plant.
334
00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,650
It's simple.
It's built really tough.
335
00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,720
I don't know. We won't know
till we fire it up,
336
00:17:16,750 --> 00:17:20,610
but I think I have a feeling
that she's gonna work good.
337
00:17:20,650 --> 00:17:23,130
- I say we fire this thing up.
- Let's do it.
338
00:17:23,170 --> 00:17:25,100
I wanna see the fat girl run.
339
00:17:25,130 --> 00:17:27,550
All right, let's turn this baby.
340
00:17:27,580 --> 00:17:29,340
Hunter, you're
calling the shots.
341
00:17:29,370 --> 00:17:30,370
How do we do this?
342
00:17:31,510 --> 00:17:32,510
Who does what?
343
00:17:33,410 --> 00:17:35,106
Well, I was gonna have
Framer get on the pump.
344
00:17:35,130 --> 00:17:36,510
I was gonna get on the motor,
345
00:17:36,550 --> 00:17:38,720
and then everybody else
just get somewhere safe.
346
00:17:38,750 --> 00:17:39,790
Okay, let's go.
347
00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,890
So this whole
Black Pearl situation,
348
00:17:46,930 --> 00:17:49,370
down deep I'm excited for Hunter
349
00:17:49,410 --> 00:17:52,750
but you're looking at a
wash plant that's 30 years old,
350
00:17:52,790 --> 00:17:56,860
and it's been collecting rust at
least for the last seven years.
351
00:17:56,890 --> 00:17:58,890
It's a little bit
of a Frankenstein.
352
00:17:58,930 --> 00:18:02,200
If it doesn't work,
we just cannot afford that.
353
00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,960
We're already behind
on that 1,000-ounce goal.
354
00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,200
I really am going to lose money
355
00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,890
if we don't get maybe a couple
hundred ounces through this plant.
356
00:18:13,340 --> 00:18:14,340
I'm not a mechanic,
357
00:18:15,580 --> 00:18:17,510
but I just know that this key
needs to be turned.
358
00:18:17,550 --> 00:18:20,680
So, we're firing the Black
Pearl. Everybody clear.
359
00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,270
Is everybody clear? Clear.
360
00:18:22,310 --> 00:18:25,860
We are all clear, Hunter.
Everything looks good.
361
00:18:25,890 --> 00:18:27,170
So this is the moment
right here.
362
00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:53,720
Dude, is this thing
even gonna roll?
363
00:19:08,370 --> 00:19:09,890
Dude, is this thing
even gonna roll?
364
00:19:15,060 --> 00:19:18,000
- It's rolling.
- She rolls, yes!
365
00:19:20,340 --> 00:19:21,890
She rolls!
366
00:19:22,890 --> 00:19:24,200
Framer, fire the water.
367
00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,310
All right, ready to fire.
368
00:19:38,580 --> 00:19:40,030
Hunter, do you want me
to run it up?
369
00:19:40,550 --> 00:19:41,550
There it goes.
370
00:19:46,340 --> 00:19:48,620
We got water!
371
00:19:51,860 --> 00:19:55,440
Hey, Framer, bring the pump
all the way up. Full rpm.
372
00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,410
All right. I'm gonna
run it up a little bit.
373
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,960
How's the box, Thurb?
374
00:20:11,890 --> 00:20:13,130
, Sparky.
375
00:20:13,170 --> 00:20:16,200
Yes, dude, we got this.
We got this.
376
00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,030
Come here, come here.
Give me a hug.
377
00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,000
I feel really good.
378
00:20:22,030 --> 00:20:23,836
This whole summer we've been
at war with this thing,
379
00:20:23,860 --> 00:20:26,270
and I finally am feeling
a victory right now,
380
00:20:26,310 --> 00:20:29,310
so, I'm like, I can't even
believe that we got to this point.
381
00:20:29,340 --> 00:20:30,960
Hey, Jack, what do you think?
382
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,620
- It worked, man.
- Dude, this thing's gonna be a beast.
383
00:20:33,650 --> 00:20:37,270
I didn't know if it was gonna
happen, but it did.
384
00:20:37,310 --> 00:20:39,790
They got it here
and they got it together
385
00:20:39,820 --> 00:20:42,370
and everything's welded up.
386
00:20:42,410 --> 00:20:44,130
You know, I'm proud of them.
387
00:20:44,170 --> 00:20:45,270
What do you think, Jim?
388
00:20:46,340 --> 00:20:47,960
I think you got it, brother.
389
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,680
Hey, come here, Hunter.
Give me some.
390
00:20:50,060 --> 00:20:51,310
All right.
391
00:20:51,340 --> 00:20:54,270
You got it in the water.
Your plant's running.
392
00:20:54,310 --> 00:20:57,480
This is a big moment
for Hunter. I'm really proud.
393
00:20:57,510 --> 00:20:59,930
I really hope that this
thing runs good
394
00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,890
because I wanna see him
have some pay off.
395
00:21:02,930 --> 00:21:05,340
The payoff will be
the gold in the box.
396
00:21:05,370 --> 00:21:09,370
If we can end this thing good,
and end this thing positive,
397
00:21:09,410 --> 00:21:11,680
and come out of this
with the gold that we need,
398
00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,510
then, you know what,
this is gonna be a win.
399
00:21:14,550 --> 00:21:17,060
Throw some dirt in it.
We'll see it go.
400
00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:19,000
I wanna see
some dirt go through it.
401
00:21:20,580 --> 00:21:22,030
Let's go, baby!
402
00:21:27,310 --> 00:21:30,000
First bucket of dirt for
the Black Pearl, right here.
403
00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:34,550
- All right, first bucket!
- First bucket!
404
00:21:37,060 --> 00:21:39,720
First bucket of dirt, yeah!
405
00:21:41,270 --> 00:21:42,270
Nice.
406
00:21:44,550 --> 00:21:46,130
So far it looks good.
407
00:21:46,170 --> 00:21:47,620
I'm not feeding it slow either.
408
00:21:47,650 --> 00:21:50,130
I'm just throwing it
through here.
409
00:21:50,170 --> 00:21:53,100
This plant won't be able to catch
bigger nuggets than the Holy Roller.
410
00:21:53,130 --> 00:21:56,480
The Holy Roller was built
for a Rocky train in Colorado.
411
00:21:56,510 --> 00:21:58,410
The Black Pearl's built
for, you know,
412
00:21:58,440 --> 00:21:59,550
the stuff up here in Nome.
413
00:21:59,580 --> 00:22:01,480
Different material,
it has a lot of clay in it.
414
00:22:01,510 --> 00:22:03,860
The Black Pearl has all kinds
of stuff welded inside
415
00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:05,720
basically to break
the material up.
416
00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:07,720
It is two different styles.
417
00:22:07,750 --> 00:22:10,130
It's official, it's game on.
418
00:22:10,170 --> 00:22:13,000
- How about we get our plant running?
- -All right, let's go.
419
00:22:13,030 --> 00:22:16,620
We're running out of daylight,
and we're gonna fire back up.
420
00:22:16,650 --> 00:22:18,340
Let's go run some
dirt right now.
421
00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:21,410
We stopped down to watch
the Black Pearl run,
422
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,820
now we've gotta get the
Holy Roller running as well.
423
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,200
- Everybody clear?
- Yep.
424
00:22:31,620 --> 00:22:33,820
- Ready to go?
- -Yeah, bring up the water.
425
00:22:44,650 --> 00:22:46,030
It's gonna be the first time
426
00:22:46,060 --> 00:22:47,960
both plants are up and running.
427
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,550
We're running double
the dirt right now
428
00:22:50,580 --> 00:22:54,820
because this could actually
get us to 1,000 ounces.
429
00:23:01,030 --> 00:23:02,820
With both plants
capable of running
430
00:23:02,860 --> 00:23:05,440
at least 300 yards
of pay per hour,
431
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,960
the Hoffmans are now
processing twice as much dirt,
432
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,240
potentially doubling
their results.
433
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,000
It's a great day.
We're running two plants.
434
00:23:17,030 --> 00:23:18,820
We're running the miner's drift,
435
00:23:18,860 --> 00:23:20,890
which is we believe
is really good gold.
436
00:23:20,930 --> 00:23:22,170
If it is good gold,
437
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,620
hopefully we can
catch up on our goal.
438
00:23:24,650 --> 00:23:26,650
We're not gonna reach it
without both plants.
439
00:23:45,790 --> 00:23:46,960
That's money.
440
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,410
Okay, I'm gonna do
my last scoop. Just stand by.
441
00:24:14,060 --> 00:24:15,060
Get it full, baby.
442
00:24:16,030 --> 00:24:18,340
So, we ran for the first time.
443
00:24:18,370 --> 00:24:19,480
We got a couple hours in.
444
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,820
I've been running this
thing pretty hard.
445
00:24:22,860 --> 00:24:24,890
So, we're getting some
good dirt to the plant.
446
00:24:24,930 --> 00:24:28,130
Everything looks really good, like,
the thing's spinning consistently.
447
00:24:28,170 --> 00:24:29,386
The sluice box is working good.
448
00:24:29,410 --> 00:24:30,960
The tailings are
coming out clean.
449
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,440
But, this plant, it hasn't
ran in seven years,
450
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,340
so I want to make sure
everything's dialed in,
451
00:24:35,370 --> 00:24:37,510
and actually catch gold
before it gets dark, so
452
00:24:37,550 --> 00:24:39,670
I'm hoping we get to see
a little bit of gold tonight,
453
00:24:42,130 --> 00:24:43,440
um, we'll be ready to shut down.
454
00:24:45,310 --> 00:24:46,580
I'm on the bypass.
455
00:24:53,030 --> 00:24:54,270
Dial the pump all the way down.
456
00:25:00,580 --> 00:25:02,790
Yeah, we're good up here.
You can kill it whenever.
457
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:06,930
We're gonna catch
these big nuggets.
458
00:25:09,370 --> 00:25:11,860
How's the barge looking, fellas?
459
00:25:11,890 --> 00:25:14,006
It's like we've got a little
bow in the riffles there,
460
00:25:14,030 --> 00:25:15,930
but, like, none of its packing.
461
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,270
None of these are packed.
That's good.
462
00:25:18,310 --> 00:25:19,930
Here you go. Here's some gold.
463
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,000
Right there.
464
00:25:23,030 --> 00:25:24,030
Yeah.
465
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,310
- Look at that. Look at that!
- Whoa.
466
00:25:28,030 --> 00:25:29,930
Red to it.
467
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,100
Look at that little patch
of gold right there.
468
00:25:32,130 --> 00:25:34,060
- Dude, that's money.
- It's working.
469
00:25:35,310 --> 00:25:36,890
Working, yeah.
470
00:25:36,930 --> 00:25:39,550
- That's money in the bank.
- Whoo!
471
00:25:39,580 --> 00:25:41,130
We already got gold in the nets.
472
00:25:41,170 --> 00:25:43,580
How many guys can say
they already did that?
473
00:25:43,620 --> 00:25:46,030
- Whoo-hoo-hoo!
- Yeah, yeah.
474
00:25:46,060 --> 00:25:48,170
It is exciting just
because it has potential.
475
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,650
But we started way behind.
476
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,440
We've gotta run more yardage.
477
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,370
So tomorrow we're gonna get up
478
00:25:55,410 --> 00:25:57,346
and we're gonna run all day
and we're gonna get out there.
479
00:25:57,370 --> 00:25:59,410
- We'll do it.
- -We're just gonna run it, baby.
480
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,100
All this hard work,
481
00:26:01,130 --> 00:26:02,510
now it's time
for full speed ahead.
482
00:26:02,550 --> 00:26:03,860
- Whoo.
- It's game on, now.
483
00:26:03,890 --> 00:26:06,060
Game on, baby.
Whoo-hoo-hoo, yes!
484
00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:08,440
All the hard work's paying off.
485
00:26:25,270 --> 00:26:28,510
Absolutely a great day. My gosh.
486
00:26:28,550 --> 00:26:30,930
Firing the trommel.
Everybody clear.
487
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,790
Let's go here.
488
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,310
All right, fellas, clear!
489
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,000
I think it looks good.
490
00:26:52,510 --> 00:26:55,750
- You wanna go get on the pump?
- Yeah, I'll go get the pump.
491
00:26:55,790 --> 00:26:57,960
Yesterday was our
first run for the Black Pearl.
492
00:26:59,310 --> 00:27:00,456
You know, she's a proven plant.
493
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,836
She's gotten a lot of gold
in her day,
494
00:27:01,860 --> 00:27:03,796
and I think that she's in the
service for all this season,
495
00:27:03,820 --> 00:27:05,480
so hopefully by the end
of the day
496
00:27:05,510 --> 00:27:07,310
we'll try to get some
more gold. We need it.
497
00:27:07,340 --> 00:27:11,480
Andy found this miner's drift, which
usually is a good sign if there's gold.
498
00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:12,680
Hey, Hunter, you got a.
499
00:27:13,860 --> 00:27:14,860
Yeah, go for it.
500
00:27:15,370 --> 00:27:17,100
- Fire!
- Fire it.
501
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,240
So, we fired it up.
Everything looks good.
502
00:27:37,270 --> 00:27:38,200
It's spinning good.
503
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,100
Everything's tracking
on the rollers nice.
504
00:27:40,130 --> 00:27:41,620
So we're gonna run some pay.
505
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,790
Tell me when you see rock
coming out the end, Sparky.
506
00:27:45,820 --> 00:27:47,060
Ten-four, I gotcha.
507
00:27:50,410 --> 00:27:52,170
Yeah, we've got tailings
coming out.
508
00:27:57,410 --> 00:27:59,580
Hey, what's going on over here?
509
00:27:59,620 --> 00:28:02,750
Sparky, the trommel's
not spinning well.
510
00:28:07,890 --> 00:28:09,340
What's going on?
511
00:28:10,310 --> 00:28:11,550
Sparky?
512
00:28:12,620 --> 00:28:13,680
You've gotta talk to me.
513
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,720
There's water
gushing out of the pan.
514
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,106
All right, I'm not feeding
this anymore
515
00:28:19,130 --> 00:28:21,310
until we figure out gets done.
516
00:28:21,340 --> 00:28:23,750
- That's for sure jammed up.
- -Yeah.
517
00:28:23,790 --> 00:28:26,130
I think it was just
clogged when we got the plant.
518
00:28:26,170 --> 00:28:27,620
The Black Pearl's unique setup
519
00:28:27,650 --> 00:28:31,930
uses a pan underneath the
trommel to catch excess material.
520
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,170
A hose connected
to the catch pan
521
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,720
sends water through a pipe
522
00:28:35,750 --> 00:28:38,340
blowing the material
out of the sluice box.
523
00:28:38,370 --> 00:28:41,030
But a buildup of material
can clog the pan,
524
00:28:41,060 --> 00:28:43,240
leaving water
with no place to run.
525
00:28:43,270 --> 00:28:46,200
What's the situation
on that thing?
526
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,936
It hasn't ran in seven years.
It's in that catch pan.
527
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,130
It's all jammed,
so that's what's going on.
528
00:28:52,890 --> 00:28:53,890
Fix it.
529
00:28:55,750 --> 00:28:57,470
We're gonna have
to literally torch it open,
530
00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,100
clear it, and build it
back together.
531
00:29:01,130 --> 00:29:02,720
We'll shut it down.
Shut the pump off.
532
00:29:02,750 --> 00:29:06,130
- Let's get your truck up there and let's try to unclog that.
- All right.
533
00:29:06,170 --> 00:29:07,770
They're losing money
because of us, so...
534
00:29:10,620 --> 00:29:12,440
The Black Pearl went down.
535
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,510
Me and Andy are actually kind
of freaking out about this right now
536
00:29:15,550 --> 00:29:19,310
because this is not just bad
for them, it's for the whole team.
537
00:29:19,340 --> 00:29:21,440
At this point in the game,
we need wins.
538
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,440
We don't need losses
on this whole thing.
539
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,750
And so far, it's not good.
540
00:29:25,790 --> 00:29:28,720
Now we just have one plant
running new material
541
00:29:28,750 --> 00:29:30,480
and that's nerve-racking.
542
00:29:30,510 --> 00:29:32,240
All right, it's the last bucket.
543
00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:35,000
We're gonna pull the mats and
we're gonna see what we've got.
544
00:29:35,030 --> 00:29:37,340
If the gold isn't as good
as we think it is,
545
00:29:37,370 --> 00:29:39,030
it's gonna be bad.
It's gonna cost us.
546
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:40,960
Bypass off!
547
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,480
Are we good
to shut the trommel off?
548
00:29:43,410 --> 00:29:44,580
The trommel's down.
549
00:29:46,270 --> 00:29:49,060
Generator's off. Trommel's down.
550
00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:50,780
Let's see what we've
got cooking down here.
551
00:29:52,580 --> 00:29:55,930
We're ready to do this
miner's drift mat clean up.
552
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,960
Hopefully we're gonna have
a hell of a pay day here.
553
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,860
These old timers wouldn't be
digging this type of a drift
554
00:30:02,890 --> 00:30:05,060
if it wasn't rich.
555
00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:08,170
So I think we're in
for something very, very good,
556
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,310
but, you know what,
you never know
557
00:30:10,340 --> 00:30:14,340
until you run the dirt and you
do your clean-up and find out.
558
00:30:14,370 --> 00:30:17,960
And hopefully, at the end
of the day, we'll be ahead.
559
00:30:24,130 --> 00:30:26,130
Okay, have you got a flat head?
560
00:30:26,170 --> 00:30:27,316
Why don't you try
to pull that hose off
561
00:30:27,340 --> 00:30:28,796
and we can try to see
what's going on?
562
00:30:28,820 --> 00:30:30,370
Yeah, we'll see what's going on.
563
00:30:30,410 --> 00:30:31,340
There's a catch pan
564
00:30:31,370 --> 00:30:33,620
that we planned
on digging out originally,
565
00:30:33,650 --> 00:30:36,270
but we must have
forgot about it.
566
00:30:36,310 --> 00:30:38,200
During
the Black Pearl's assembly,
567
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:39,860
the team neglected to clean out
568
00:30:39,890 --> 00:30:41,620
the plant's lower catch pan
569
00:30:41,650 --> 00:30:43,790
while it was easily accessible.
570
00:30:43,820 --> 00:30:45,480
So, we're gonna have
to torch it open,
571
00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:48,860
shovel everything out, um,
because there's a big jam-up
572
00:30:48,890 --> 00:30:51,000
and we have water spilling out.
573
00:30:51,030 --> 00:30:52,340
Move it up and down a bit.
574
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,550
Yep.
575
00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,750
We've got cut this right off,
right here.
576
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,510
And like we thought,
it's jammed up.
577
00:31:03,550 --> 00:31:04,766
This whole thing's full
of material
578
00:31:04,790 --> 00:31:07,060
and this needs to have flow.
579
00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:09,440
Otherwise it fills up
and starts spewing out, so...
580
00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:13,820
In order to unclog
the Black Pearl's catch pan
581
00:31:13,860 --> 00:31:15,550
and restore its water flow,
582
00:31:15,580 --> 00:31:18,890
Hunter and Sparky have to
cut it open from the bottom.
583
00:31:18,930 --> 00:31:20,510
I just wanna, like, save this.
584
00:31:20,550 --> 00:31:23,170
Otherwise, we gotta, I mean,
just remake another one.
585
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,100
What do you think about
cutting it like this?
586
00:31:25,130 --> 00:31:27,000
- Is that cool?
- Yeah, that'll work.
587
00:31:28,340 --> 00:31:30,790
Then they can clear out
the build up of material
588
00:31:30,820 --> 00:31:32,030
and weld it back together.
589
00:31:38,340 --> 00:31:40,550
Yep, there she is, Sparky.
590
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:47,820
This sucker's just packed, man.
591
00:31:48,750 --> 00:31:50,000
You've gotta be kidding me.
592
00:31:53,170 --> 00:31:55,931
Were they sending big rocks down
their sluice box? I don't understand.
593
00:31:57,510 --> 00:31:58,510
What is that?
594
00:32:01,620 --> 00:32:04,310
Holy. Yeah.
595
00:32:04,340 --> 00:32:07,580
- My God, there's a whole bunch of steel, bro.
- -Yeah.
596
00:32:07,620 --> 00:32:08,620
Yeah, what the heck?
597
00:32:11,890 --> 00:32:15,580
- Well?
- That definitely wasn't from us.
598
00:32:15,620 --> 00:32:18,310
During the Black Pearl's
seven years sitting idle,
599
00:32:18,340 --> 00:32:20,960
a lack of upkeep
and exposure to weather
600
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,620
caused metal in the plant
to rust and collect
601
00:32:23,650 --> 00:32:25,440
in the bottom of the catch pan.
602
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,060
When I first fired it up
I was thinking
603
00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:29,750
this thing might run perfectly
but unfortunately
604
00:32:29,790 --> 00:32:31,550
we're not gonna have gold
in the box tonight.
605
00:32:32,650 --> 00:32:33,650
Hey, guys,
606
00:32:38,650 --> 00:32:40,370
Everything.
607
00:32:44,860 --> 00:32:45,860
Yeah.
608
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,370
Obviously there is a clog
609
00:32:53,410 --> 00:32:55,680
and, just something
that, you know,
610
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,060
wasn't addressed before fire up.
611
00:32:57,100 --> 00:32:58,440
It should have been
taken care of,
612
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,726
but there's a million things on
this plant that had to be done,
613
00:33:00,750 --> 00:33:03,440
and, it obviously
just got overlooked.
614
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,030
So, what do you guys need?
615
00:33:05,060 --> 00:33:08,340
This whole thing clogged
up underneath our whole pipe,
616
00:33:08,370 --> 00:33:10,090
so we had to cut the end off
and dig it out.
617
00:33:10,790 --> 00:33:12,006
You can kind of see
through there,
618
00:33:12,030 --> 00:33:13,580
but it's still got a bunch of.
619
00:33:13,620 --> 00:33:15,060
Just a bunch of crap in there,
620
00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:18,310
probably years and years.
That's a lot of pressure.
621
00:33:18,340 --> 00:33:20,890
So, I would bring that
water truck up here
622
00:33:21,890 --> 00:33:24,000
and that 2-inch hose
and blast it out...
623
00:33:24,030 --> 00:33:26,270
- Really?
- With an and everything.
624
00:33:26,310 --> 00:33:28,146
Just put it on stream
and just shoot it in there.
625
00:33:28,170 --> 00:33:29,890
Okay, let's try to get it
cleared out,
626
00:33:29,930 --> 00:33:33,370
- and then I'm gonna have to try this thing tomorrow.
- Okay.
627
00:33:34,510 --> 00:33:36,246
This is not, you
know, one issue after another,
628
00:33:36,270 --> 00:33:37,580
but we just don't have a choice
629
00:33:37,620 --> 00:33:39,720
but to keep working through it
and persevering, so...
630
00:33:44,310 --> 00:33:46,030
If we can't get this
issue resolved,
631
00:33:46,060 --> 00:33:48,790
or if it's more of an issue
than I thought it was,
632
00:33:48,820 --> 00:33:50,270
then, we're screwed.
633
00:33:50,310 --> 00:33:52,930
Hey, um, is it coming out fine?
634
00:33:55,410 --> 00:33:57,270
Financially, we're in the hole
635
00:33:57,310 --> 00:33:59,000
and we're not gonna
reach our goal, so...
636
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,440
It's a little bit
of a scary moment.
637
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:16,550
Sparky, close
your eyes and turn around.
638
00:34:17,550 --> 00:34:18,860
Don't look, buddy.
639
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:23,170
I just... got you
a little something.
640
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,696
The type of relationship I have
with Sparky is like a brotherhood.
641
00:34:25,720 --> 00:34:27,486
It's like dudes sent to war
together, or whatever.
642
00:34:27,510 --> 00:34:29,976
You know, you persevere through
really hard challenges together
643
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,340
you become super close.
644
00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:32,410
Are you read? Turn around.
645
00:34:33,620 --> 00:34:34,766
You know, you've gotta have fun.
646
00:34:34,790 --> 00:34:36,340
- Here you go, dude.
- No way.
647
00:34:36,370 --> 00:34:37,480
- Here you go.
- What?
648
00:34:37,510 --> 00:34:38,820
I need you playing that baby.
649
00:34:38,860 --> 00:34:41,410
Have we got the key
to success right here?
650
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,750
Dude, the Black Pearl's
going places, brother.
651
00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:52,030
Dude, I love that.
I love this frickin' thing.
652
00:34:52,060 --> 00:34:52,890
See how happy he is?
653
00:34:52,930 --> 00:34:54,340
He's just got a really
good heart.
654
00:34:54,370 --> 00:34:55,486
He's one of my best friends.
655
00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:56,790
You guys gotta be dancing.
656
00:35:05,370 --> 00:35:06,370
Relax.
657
00:35:08,930 --> 00:35:10,310
I can't believe this.
658
00:35:29,270 --> 00:35:32,240
As the Holy Roller crew begins
their day sifting through dirt
659
00:35:32,270 --> 00:35:34,340
from a newly unearthed
miner's drift...
660
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,650
All right, third turn the charm.
661
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:38,930
Hunter is ready to see
662
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,000
if clearing the Black Pearl's
catch pan
663
00:35:41,030 --> 00:35:44,130
will allow his plant
to finally run at full steam.
664
00:35:45,170 --> 00:35:47,030
This is the metal pole
we just flushed out,
665
00:35:47,060 --> 00:35:50,130
fixed it, welded it,
now it's time to rip it open.
666
00:35:50,170 --> 00:35:52,510
Only one way to find out
if it works. Let's do it.
667
00:35:54,580 --> 00:35:57,790
We just spent the day trying
to resolve this water issue.
668
00:35:57,820 --> 00:35:59,650
The pipe that sends
water and material
669
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,270
down the bottom of the frame,
670
00:36:01,310 --> 00:36:02,620
we got that all clear.
671
00:36:02,650 --> 00:36:05,170
So right now we're gonna
figure out of it works or not.
672
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,890
If it doesn't work, then,
you know,
673
00:36:07,930 --> 00:36:09,620
I don't know what's
gonna happen.
674
00:36:09,650 --> 00:36:11,730
All right, brother, I'm about
to turn the pump. Over.
675
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,200
Go for it.
676
00:36:25,060 --> 00:36:26,440
It's looking good so far,
Hunter.
677
00:36:27,790 --> 00:36:31,370
Okay, let's fire the drum,
and run some rock real quick.
678
00:36:45,130 --> 00:36:48,000
- Are you ready, baby?
- Let's hit it, baby. I'm all eyes.
679
00:36:48,890 --> 00:36:49,930
Well, hit it.
680
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:01,270
Please, God, work.
681
00:37:07,410 --> 00:37:08,790
So far it looks good?
682
00:37:09,580 --> 00:37:11,580
Yeah, it's looking really good.
683
00:37:11,620 --> 00:37:14,030
- Go check out the pan.
- I'll come down there.
684
00:37:15,060 --> 00:37:17,000
Yeah, buddy, it's looking good!
685
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:21,310
- It looks really good, man.
- I just put a lot in.
686
00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:25,510
I didn't know if that was gonna
work, but apparently it did.
687
00:37:25,550 --> 00:37:28,060
Hundreds of hours
to get this plant together.
688
00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:30,440
We got it rolling,
we fixed the leaks.
689
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,620
We got this engine
working like a mother.
690
00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:34,620
And I'll tell you what,
I love my mother.
691
00:37:34,650 --> 00:37:36,440
I get nervous, like,
getting too excited.
692
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:40,310
Like, I wanna be excited, but
I'm, like, we've had so many issues
693
00:37:40,340 --> 00:37:42,976
that, you know, it makes me scared
to get too eager if I run some pay,
694
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:44,750
but I think it might
actually be ready.
695
00:37:44,790 --> 00:37:47,270
Yeah, now we're
having fun, baby.
696
00:37:47,820 --> 00:37:49,480
We're having fun.
697
00:37:49,510 --> 00:37:51,310
This evening we're gonna
run some pay.
698
00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:53,410
My gosh.
699
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,820
Hey, glad you guys
are here this week.
700
00:38:30,860 --> 00:38:33,130
I know you had a setback
on the Black Pearl.
701
00:38:33,170 --> 00:38:34,820
Did you get it fixed yet?
702
00:38:34,860 --> 00:38:37,440
We haven't ran enough
yards to do a full boxful,
703
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:38,960
but everything's
spinning properly.
704
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,456
Everything looks like
it's aligned right.
705
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:41,680
There are no leaks.
706
00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:44,790
- So as in next week, we're gonna have two clean-ups.
- Yep.
707
00:38:44,820 --> 00:38:48,510
Very nice. I love seeing
both those plants running.
708
00:38:48,550 --> 00:38:50,890
Two hoes up there swinging dirt,
709
00:38:50,930 --> 00:38:52,890
y'all running around there
hauling tailings.
710
00:38:52,930 --> 00:38:54,480
- That was pretty sweet.
- Yeah.
711
00:38:54,510 --> 00:38:55,750
She's ready to rev, so...
712
00:38:55,790 --> 00:38:57,270
When I came and helped you guys,
713
00:38:57,310 --> 00:39:00,410
I didn't realize how much you'd
done and how much you had to do.
714
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,790
So, I'm really proud
of what you guys achieved.
715
00:39:02,820 --> 00:39:04,270
You should be proud
of yourselves.
716
00:39:04,310 --> 00:39:06,370
Your list was so stinking long,
717
00:39:06,410 --> 00:39:09,890
- I'm impressed that it's sitting up there.
- -That's awesome.
718
00:39:09,930 --> 00:39:12,620
Because of that, we are
going to have a chance
719
00:39:12,650 --> 00:39:14,060
to come back and hit our goals.
720
00:39:14,100 --> 00:39:15,656
This whole thing has
taught me a lot about
721
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,440
pushing through, persevering
and sticking with it.
722
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:20,720
Now we're having fun, baby.
723
00:39:20,750 --> 00:39:23,790
I'm glad because we're behind.
We could use some help.
724
00:39:25,860 --> 00:39:28,720
- That actually looks heavier.
- Yeah, it does.
725
00:39:28,750 --> 00:39:30,960
It looks like a 10-lb baby.
726
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:34,030
We're running the miner's drift
and that ancient river channel,
727
00:39:34,060 --> 00:39:36,000
which we believe
is really good gold,
728
00:39:36,030 --> 00:39:39,890
but you never know until you
do your clean-up and find out.
729
00:39:39,930 --> 00:39:41,200
Where are we at right now?
730
00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:42,820
We're at 200 ounces right now.
731
00:39:43,510 --> 00:39:45,580
We need 100 ounces a week.
732
00:39:45,620 --> 00:39:48,550
- Okay, Dad, pour it.
- All right. Here we go.
733
00:39:51,130 --> 00:39:53,790
That's chunky.
Look at the nuggets in there.
734
00:39:55,930 --> 00:39:58,890
Forty-five, 50, 55, 60.
735
00:40:02,310 --> 00:40:03,790
Are you gonna get
to the doors of 80?
736
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:05,200
Seventy.
737
00:40:05,650 --> 00:40:06,860
Seventy-five...
738
00:40:07,340 --> 00:40:08,340
Eighty...
739
00:40:09,820 --> 00:40:11,170
Eight-five.
740
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:18,790
About another 140 is $45,000.
741
00:40:18,820 --> 00:40:20,930
- Now we're heading there.
- That's awesome.
742
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,100
- Pretty close.
- We're getting there.
743
00:40:23,130 --> 00:40:27,480
This weigh-in for the miner's
drift is super-promising.
744
00:40:27,510 --> 00:40:31,510
Especially when you consider
that half of that pay dirt
745
00:40:31,550 --> 00:40:35,620
is just sitting right by the
Black Pearl ready to be ran.
746
00:40:35,650 --> 00:40:39,550
If we could run that pay dirt
in two plants,
747
00:40:39,580 --> 00:40:42,510
that's gonna be big
for hitting our goal.
748
00:40:42,550 --> 00:40:44,440
The Holy Roller's
fifth-week clean-up
749
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,820
and first run
of the miner's drift dirt
750
00:40:46,860 --> 00:40:49,440
brings in a little over
85 ounces,
751
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,480
marking their biggest
clean-out so far this season
752
00:40:52,510 --> 00:40:56,790
taking the Hoffman team's
running total up to 284 ounces
753
00:40:56,820 --> 00:41:00,170
which means they need
just over 700 more ounces
754
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,370
to hit their season goal.
755
00:41:02,410 --> 00:41:03,550
We're back up a little bit.
756
00:41:03,580 --> 00:41:06,340
We're still needing
102 ounces per week.
757
00:41:06,370 --> 00:41:07,860
One really good goal,
758
00:41:07,890 --> 00:41:11,270
but hopefully you guys fill
in the gap.
759
00:41:11,310 --> 00:41:14,930
- We're gonna finally make our weekly average.
- Yeah.
760
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:18,100
No kidding, we need to get a
week with our average going here
761
00:41:18,130 --> 00:41:21,930
because we're actually,
we're treading water.
762
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:23,820
Let's get gold in the box,
know what I mean?
763
00:41:24,370 --> 00:41:25,370
Let's go to work.
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