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Todd and Jack Hoffman are leading a team
of greenhorns into the Alaskan Wilderness.
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You're about to lose your house. Don't lose faith.
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They're risking it all to find gold.
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Lookit that.
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And save their families.
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Holy ****.
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Get the frig back.
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-Let's go.
-Amen.
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Now, they're putting their lives on
the line as they race to get mining.
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-Get back. Get Back.
-(Snap-Screech)
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Their only mechanic, James Harness,
falls dangerously ill.
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If he goes, we're screwed.
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Their mining machines run out of control.
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Somebody's gonna get killed.
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And Dorsey goes head to head with Todd.
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-Don't talk to me that way.
-Don't try and intimidate me.
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The Hoffmans and their team of miners are
readying the claim for their mining machines.
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A place to log right here and
a couple more logs to place.
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Jack and Greg are building the ramp
where we're gonna put the shaker.
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Hopefully we can get the trommel
and the shaker in place today.
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That'd be good.
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They've been here three weeks, and just have four
months left before the brutal Alaskan winter
freezes the land, making mining impossible.
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The Hoffmans one hundred thousand dollars
working capitol won't last the summer.
They have to strike gold.
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I'm guessing we're somewhere in the
27 to 32 thousand dollars a month range.
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Dad, It, It's basically a thousand bucks a day.
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We've got to get uh, get mining.
You know. We gotta make some money.
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I gotta figure something out Dad. I'm gonna
put a little plan together to get us all going.
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Todd and Jack have been
digging up dirt, looking for gold.
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But the machines to extract it
sit in pieces across the claim.
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The crew has to put them all together, but none
of them have ever done it on this scale before.
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James. You want to ride with me?
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To get it right, Todd's taking his chief mechanic,
James Harness, for some advice from an expert.
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Across the creek from the Hoffmans
lies the Big Nugget Mine.
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It's owner is ninety year old
John Schnabel, a mining legend.
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And a very rich man.
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John, I want to introduce
my mechanic, James.
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You're a valuable man. Ha ha ha.
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-Yeah.
-Sometimes.
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-Yeah.
-So this is your plant huh.
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This is a wash plant just like
the Hoffmans plan to build.
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It separates tiny particles of gold from
thousands of tons of earth and rock.
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Using three main components,
a shaker, a trommel and a duplex jig.
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First dirt is dropped into the shaker.
The giant sieve shakes away the big boulders.
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And allows gold and smaller rock
to fall through to the bottom.
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Next, the dirt moves through to
the trommel, a big washing machine.
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That breaks down the dirt into even smaller
particles that travel down to the duplex jig.
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The jig is the final filter in the wash plant.
Under the water lies steel shot.
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The jig vibrates the material through the shot
so that heavier particles fall to the bottom.
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-Gold is 18 times heavier than water, so
-Okay.
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When it wiggles the water lifts
the dirt up and gives it enough
room for the gold to fall down.
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So, is it like loosening up the dirt.
-Yeah.
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This finely tuned system has taken
10 years for John Schnabel to perfect.
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Well, it's complicated.
I hope I can figure this out.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha..
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Getting their wash plant set up right
will be the key to making money.
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It's not unusual to pick up twenty five, thirty
thousand dollars in a shift. One day.
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Wow.
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Kinda cool man.
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-Thanks for showing us around.
-No problem.
-We got to head off. Yo.
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-Good luck Jack.
-Okay. We need it.
-I know. Every miner needs it.
Ha ha ha.
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On their way home, the crew
stops off at Porcupine bridge.
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Well, what did you guys think of his deal.
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Yeah. Pretty complicated compared
to what I thought it'd be.
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The problem is gonna be putting everything together.
We got to build things up and get the height.
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You don't want to start too high.
Then you got to drive up
this ramp to get your stuff out.
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We're gonna have to go both ways.
We're gonna have to build up.
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And put stuff on a hill and then we're gonna
have to dig down in order to get that drop.
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-It's really actually pretty tricky.
-Yeah.
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We gotta figure this out man. A lot of
this is gonna be right on your shoulders.
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I, I've never let you down before man.
I'm not gonna do it now.
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Harness's plan is to place the wash plant
between the camp, and the creek from
where they'll draw their water.
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They'll raise the shaker on to a ramp.
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Set the trommel at ground level.
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And dig a hole to put the duplex jig in.
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They'll link the machines using sluice boxes.
Set them too steep, and they'll flush gold away.
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Too flat, and material will come to a standstill.
The angles and the water flow have to be just right.
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We are going to place the trommel.
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The trommel is the centerpiece
of the Hoffman's wash plant.
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Bring it closer to you so you got more control.
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This is a pretty important piece
of our processing equipment.
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We still got some work yet to do on it.
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They hand built the trommel from scratch.
And it's still unfinished, and untested.
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-We have no idea if it works.
-We just hope it lasts enough
for us to get some gold.
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We're gonna have him come up here,
back it in, and set it right
in here on these two logs.
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Dad, watch the little guys.
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-You're good. No, no, you're good. That's good.
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You're good.
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-Okay. Come down.
-Jack.
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-We're gonna unhook you and
then we'll go get the shaker.
-Alright.
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The shaker weighs 22 thousand pounds.
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The 400, the excavator will move it,
but it takes all that it's got.
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It's kind of dangerous.
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A week ago, Jack Hoffman almost destroyed
the shaker when it was delivered to the camp.
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Oh. Oh no.
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Good lord.
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It's only been dropped once, so.
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Better make sure and not do that anymore.
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Jack doesn't want to make the same mistake twice.
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-Hey Todd. You're hooked up wrong.
Don't do that.
-Don't do what?
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-Don't hook them up wrong.
-Yeah. You hook them up,
then you go over the top.
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He gets me into trouble. And I
don't need any more trouble, so.
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Hey. Don't listen to him. He gets
himself into enough trouble. Trust me.
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There's all kinds of marks on this
thing, and he did those all by himself.
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Listen. I need one guy telling me stuff.
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Greg's a rigger. Todd's not.
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Ready?
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-Okay. Keep it low.
-Keep it low. Keep it low.
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Come up a little.
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Jack's keeping the shaker close to the ground,
so that if he drops it, it won't get damaged.
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See what I mean. A little dangerous.
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But he has to lift it up, to get it on the ramp.
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-Up up on the ramp. If you can.
-Good.
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Bring it up. Bring it up.
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(a lot of straining noises)
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If you do any movement, come my way.
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Looking good.
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Finally, the shaker is safely on
it's ramp, above the trommel.
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-Looks pretty well centered.
-I think it's quite good. Now,
we can push it round with the 270.
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Next. The beating heart of Todd's mine arrives.
A massive generator that will
power the whole wash plant.
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It kicks out 200,000 watts, can power
160 homes, and weighs 25,000 pounds.
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I want it, right about here.
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It's too heavy for the 400 to lift.
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I can have him just, back that dozer
down in here, and we can chain off of it.
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He wants to anchor the generator to the D6 dozer.
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Put that hitch right here.
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And drive the loader away.
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There's only one chain,
and it will be at breaking point
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If that chain snaps be
careful, cause pieces could fly.
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Yeah. Chain can snap.
It's not like cable.
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Todd knows the dangers, all too well.
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Back in Oregon, when the generator was being
loaded, there was a near fatal cable snap.
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Watch that cable.
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(petwang)
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-Oh!
-That could have killed somebody.
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Hey. You shaddup. You don't talk like that.
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Let's do it.
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Okay. Let's just drop her here.
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(scraping noises)
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(clang)
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Ow!
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Their only chain has broken,
but they come up with a new plan.
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Yeah. We got enough hanging off, he
thinks that we're gonna go ahead and
just put her down on the ground.
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Sweet.
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After it's epic journey, Todd
gives the generator a health check.
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Uh, oh.
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Thousands of miles on a barge.
It looks okay though.
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Here's the jig.
The pump, pump 2, pump 3.
Here's the trommel and the shaker.
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The last and lowest piece of the
wash plant, is the duplex jig.
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The crew must dig a hole exactly
7 feet deep to put the jig in.
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So the gold will flow down
the sluice boxes they put in place.
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If the hole's the wrong depth,
the jig won't collect all the gold,
and they'll be throwing money away.
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This time, Todd isn't taking
any chances with Jack.
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If we screw this jig up,
our season's pretty much over.
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So he's taking control himself.
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Yeah.
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Okay. There.
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That's good. That's perfect.
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Good job buddy. Hey.
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Heh.
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The jig almost completes the wash plant.
All that remains is to link it all together.
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Up ahead: The Hoffman's plans collapse,
as their only mechanic James Harness
falls dangerously ill.
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(deep coughing)
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If we don't have him, that'll be a disaster.
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Todd faces mutiny.
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Don't yell at me or I'll punch
you right in the friggen face.
You hear me?
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And the forces of nature
threaten to destroy the camp.
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Get the frig out.
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Todd Hoffman and his dad Jack,
are trying to start a gold
mine in the Alaskan wilderness.
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Come on.
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They're burning through their 100 thousand
dollar capital fast. And the short
mining season is slipping away.
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Promised these guys we'd be
mining a week and a half ago.
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And we're not.
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With their mining machines in place,
they still have heavy engineering to
do before they can run dirt.
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But the man with the plan is in his trailer.
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-James you. You alright bud.
-(Coughing)
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-I lost my lower back.
-Oh no.
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James Harness injured his spine
10 years ago in a car accident.
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And depends on morphine to cope with
the pain. But today it's not enough.
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-You can't walk.
-I didn't bring my crutches.
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-Alright brother, Get some rest.
-Okay man.
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See you now.
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It's not just his back that's causing
James problems. He's also suffering
from a chest infection.
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Got a virus. A couple weeks ago.
It's taking me out.
Upper respiratory, um
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A lot of bad things going on. (cough cough)
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It's very very important that
we have him, healthy.
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And ready to go.
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He's already saved our bacon
several times on this trip.
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-Aah.
-Being he's sick. It's all.
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If we don't have him, then
to me that would be a disaster.
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(cough cough cough)
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Todd calls the doctor.
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I am mining way out in Porcupine.
One of my crew members is sick.
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Alright. Well, we're gonna head in.
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I'm really sorry you're feeling like crap, dude.
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Go go go go go.
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With Todd and James gone,
the rest of the team must push on.
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They're losing $1000 every day they're not mining.
And now have to try and get the shaker assembled
without their leader or chief mechanic.
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The shaker has to be fitted with perforated
punch plates that will only allow smaller
rocks and gold to fall into the wash plant.
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But the plates don't fit.
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We have a grate that was perfectly flat.
The bed that it sits on,
in the shaker, is radiused.
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We have to bend this to
conform to the radius rail.
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Ex sheet metal worker Jim Thurber is
used to working with precision equipment.
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But today has to improvise with nothing
more than a bulldozer and a backhoe.
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This has got to be dead nuts perfect.
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They must bend the plates to the exact curve
so that they'll fit perfectly on the shaker.
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Keep your hand up so I know when.
Keep motioning. Keep motioning.
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With over 40 years combined experience working
on construction sites Greg and Thurber have
managed to get the first of the plates inch perfect.
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They've asked Realtor Jimmy Dorsey
to angle grind the edges.
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Make sure you're not throwing
sparks at somebody else.
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In his rush to get mining,
Dorsey's ignoring basic safety rules.
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See if there's another face shield in there.
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For you.
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I drive all the day.
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Face shield.
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Safe guys. Slow but safe.
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Unproductively. Unprofitable. Safe.
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Alarm bells are ringing for
team safety officer James Thurber.
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He's my biggest worry.
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Somehow, he's not killed himself.
He's going to do one of us in.
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He spots yet another mistake from Dorsey.
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When we use a tool, 3500 rpm,
when you turn it off, it doesn't stop.
223
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When you're laying it down, you know it's
against there. It can grind through the jacket.
224
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I know. It's alright though.
225
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It's not alright. Because when you cut
through there, I can't use this tool.
226
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Dorsey's attitude forces team
foreman Greg to step in.
227
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I'm counting on you, and a few times I've gone
like this, questioning, Am I clear, and you're
walking around like this, looking around.
228
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Well, I been walking this
same line now for all day long.
229
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There's no justification for this.
230
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-Well I'm not gonna take
you just yelling at me.
-This is really important, Dorse.
-It's important to me too.
231
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-Then you need to take the information
-I took the information.
232
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-I took the information.
-You've taken it more than once.
233
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And when it's the same person
making the same mistake.
234
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The volume goes up.
And the seriousness goes up.
235
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There's one mistake we've been making which
is not getting crap done because you're
so focused on safety all the damn time.
236
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As soon as somebody gets
run over, you'll eat those words.
237
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I'll show you pictures of people that threw
caution to the wind. Were gonna be
there for a second. Deader than dead.
238
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I'll show you the picture of his own
(bleep) intestines coming out of his throat.
239
00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,040
Then his brain, blown out the top of
his head. Do you want to see that, dude?
240
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I just want to get damn things done.
241
00:17:36,780 --> 00:17:40,780
Oh, way ahead of you. I wanted
to be mining gold last week too.
242
00:17:42,140 --> 00:17:46,060
Somebody's gonna get hurt,
at the minimum. At the minimum.
243
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Somebody's gonna get killed.
244
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We're at this pace, we'll, we will have this
thing done by the end of the summer.
And by that time, I'm broke.
245
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Gold mining, pfft, done. I'm done
with gold mining, at that point.
246
00:18:02,190 --> 00:18:05,070
James and Todd return from the doctor.
247
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(racking cough)
248
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It's more serious than they thought.
249
00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:15,450
Did a lot of different tests. So he
said I've got a horrible infection.
250
00:18:15,610 --> 00:18:18,200
And it's most likely pneumonia.
251
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I may have to go in the hospital.
252
00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:26,680
If it's the bad kind of pneumonia,
it starts to eat you up.
253
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This is serious stuff. You can't
even be in the sun when you take it.
254
00:18:30,780 --> 00:18:39,440
James is under doctor's orders to lay
low for 3 days. (prolonged coughing)
255
00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:45,850
I feel, just really sick.
I couldn't fix anything right now.
256
00:18:46,090 --> 00:18:48,430
I can barely walk.
257
00:18:49,020 --> 00:18:52,920
Without a mechanic, the
Hoffman's won't have a wash plant.
258
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We're really really in deep deep trouble.
Could possibly jeopardize the whole
control, the whole operation.
259
00:19:07,630 --> 00:19:12,000
The Hoffmans, and their team of miners
have been in camp for four weeks.
260
00:19:12,380 --> 00:19:15,370
But they still haven't got
their wash plant working.
261
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One hundred thousand pounds of
machinery lies unfinished,
and unconnected.
262
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You notice there's no electrical cords going
to any of this stuff. And there's no
water going to any of this stuff.
263
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I was supposed to get the gold from
the ground and dump it in to a,
into that machine up there.
264
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And it's supposed to come
out the other end as money.
265
00:19:39,050 --> 00:19:43,900
This isn't gonna pay my bills. It definitely
isn't going to take care of my family.
266
00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:50,010
Like the rest of the crew, Dorsey is unemployed
and has come here to make money,
to feed his family.
267
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Today, both he and Todd are driving
30 miles to Haines Airport to pick
up their wives and children.
268
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I'm just excited to see my little baby girl
and my wife. We all led them get up
here, be a part of this, you know.
269
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So uh, but yeah, I'm kind of scared
that we'll have, you know, enough
infra, infrastructure for 'em.
270
00:20:20,890 --> 00:20:27,880
Jimmy Dorsey spent most of his meager
savings getting his wife, Joy and their
kids Ella and Hank to Alaska.
271
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That is her.
272
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That's her.
273
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Tessa worked for her family.
And yeah, I'm nervous that
she's going to be happy up here.
274
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Honey. It is ya.?
275
00:20:42,590 --> 00:20:44,570
So good to see you.
276
00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:48,510
Hi Brad.
277
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-I missed you.
-Yeah. I missed you too.
278
00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,780
Yeaaaah. Hee hee hee.
279
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It's a big day for Todd too,
as he's reunited with his wife,
Shana, and their daughter, Olivia.
280
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You have a god trip. I get a big hug.
281
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It's just beautiful. Everywhere you look.
282
00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:07,480
-It's just absolutely beautiful
-It's georgousl.
-everywhere you look.
It's just beautiful. Everywhere you look.
283
00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,510
I just, I just can't believe it. I'm in awe.
284
00:21:10,510 --> 00:21:13,840
Hi Joy. How ya doing,
You're doing good.
285
00:21:14,730 --> 00:21:17,930
Life here is going to be
very different from Oregon.
286
00:21:17,930 --> 00:21:20,600
-Do we have an expresso machine?
-No.
287
00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,760
I just want to see where our home is.
288
00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:26,400
The next door neighbors are the Dorsey's.
289
00:21:26,410 --> 00:21:30,560
Put me down. There's beer.
Let's scout. Wow.
290
00:21:30,620 --> 00:21:32,110
Follow the winnebago man over there.
291
00:21:32,110 --> 00:21:34,750
-How are you?
-It's good to see ya.
\
-Good.
292
00:21:34,750 --> 00:21:37,660
The families get their first
look at their new homes.
293
00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:42,350
It's nice and cool.
294
00:21:42,350 --> 00:21:47,890
Wow. I did not expect this.
It's better than I thought it would be.
295
00:21:47,890 --> 00:21:53,390
It's amazing. I mean, the scenery
is incredible, and beautiful. And
296
00:21:53,400 --> 00:22:01,210
Jimmy has blown me away with this cabin.
I thought it was gonna be tiny, and
terrible, and it's pretty awesome.
297
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:08,960
After 5 weeks apart, the families are
finally re-united. But this is no vacation.
298
00:22:09,820 --> 00:22:14,770
Dorsey's here to mine gold, and his
daughter Ella gets straight to the point.
299
00:22:14,780 --> 00:22:17,550
-Daddy
-Yeah.
-Have you got any gold yet?
300
00:22:17,550 --> 00:22:20,270
Anything shiny gold when you get it?
301
00:22:20,270 --> 00:22:24,170
Aw, yeah. I don't have any
gold yet. We haven't ran any.
302
00:22:24,170 --> 00:22:27,420
-But we dug some holes.
You see those holes?
-Yeah.
303
00:22:27,420 --> 00:22:29,520
-Careful.
-Yeah.
304
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:33,820
What are they doing? They have all
this giant equipment and they
have like a couple barrels.
305
00:22:33,830 --> 00:22:37,900
of tupperware containers and they're like
picking through rocks. What are they doing?
306
00:22:37,900 --> 00:22:39,900
Look at all that dirt Daddy got.
307
00:22:40,670 --> 00:22:42,350
Come here. I'll show you what I'm doing.
308
00:22:42,350 --> 00:22:43,970
Okay. So what we do
309
00:22:43,980 --> 00:22:50,570
They've been here for over a
month, and, I don't know
what's been going on here.
310
00:22:50,570 --> 00:22:56,140
So, you haven't done any gold mining.
What have you been doing
up here. Vacationing?
311
00:22:56,140 --> 00:23:01,530
-Mommy
-No. I know. You've been building
this cabin. I know. But there ha ha ha.
312
00:23:01,530 --> 00:23:04,170
-What are you laughing at?
313
00:23:04,170 --> 00:23:07,200
-This place is funny?
-No.
314
00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:09,690
It's not funny.
315
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,370
-I mean, I'm not trying
I'm pissed off with these guys
cause they haven't done anything.
316
00:23:13,370 --> 00:23:17,000
They haven't got anything together.
And I can't do it. I can't weld.
317
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,800
Well. You get everybody going.
-All the time.
318
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:25,240
-You know
-Is it funny to you.
-No. Not at all.
319
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,610
-So, I can't do this.
-What are you smiling at?
320
00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:43,070
Everyone at Porcupine Creek is
investing 5 months of their life, unpaid.
And they're seriously behind schedule.
321
00:23:43,070 --> 00:23:50,670
If they don't get this wash plant working,
and start finding gold soon,
they're facing financial disaster.
322
00:23:51,950 --> 00:23:56,540
Jimmy Dorsey's had enough, and levels with team foreman, Greg.
323
00:23:56,540 --> 00:23:59,520
We don't need any more talk.
Do we need a commitee?
324
00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:06,380
No. We need a plan though. And right now,
I can't live the rest of the summer with
what I've got in my bank account.
325
00:24:07,150 --> 00:24:09,820
-Neither can I.
-We're thinking alike here.
326
00:24:09,820 --> 00:24:12,240
Are we gonna approach Todd with this?
327
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,200
He's gotta be, He's got
to step up and lead us.
328
00:24:18,330 --> 00:24:20,120
Hey Todd. Come here.
329
00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:22,320
Are we mining today?
330
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,410
-Uh, No. We're not.
-Why?
331
00:24:26,990 --> 00:24:29,230
-We're gonna have a meeting
-I don't want a meeting.
332
00:24:29,230 --> 00:24:31,020
I want to know why we're not mining?
333
00:24:31,020 --> 00:24:33,660
Don't yell at me like that or I'll
punch you right in the friggen face.
Do you hear me?
334
00:24:33,660 --> 00:24:36,110
-Don't talk to me that way.
-Don't try and intimidate me.
335
00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:38,460
-Understand me.
-Don't try and intimidate.
336
00:24:38,460 --> 00:24:41,740
We're gonna have a meeting in a second.
you want to come hard, come hard.
337
00:24:41,740 --> 00:24:44,250
I'm coming hard? I want to
know why were not mining today?
338
00:24:44,250 --> 00:24:47,390
There's a lot of reasons.
Some of it's your fault.
339
00:24:47,390 --> 00:24:50,270
Some of it's his fault.
Some of it's my fault.
340
00:24:50,270 --> 00:24:55,040
We're gonna have a meeting and you
can air it there. Everybody will be there.
341
00:24:56,030 --> 00:24:59,660
The pressure is on Todd to get his team mining.
342
00:24:59,660 --> 00:25:05,370
With doubts cast over his leadership,
he calls a crisis meeting for the whole crew.
343
00:25:06,220 --> 00:25:10,510
Even James Harness drags himself
out of his trailer to make it.
344
00:25:14,270 --> 00:25:20,830
I've been accused of not being a good leader.
Some of that is totally true, but
345
00:25:20,830 --> 00:25:24,490
We' re so close to be mining. We have
346
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:32,780
nine things, that we can accomplish,
in 72 hours from this point,
and we could be running rock.
347
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,350
Okay. So here's the list.
The shaker hold downs.
348
00:25:36,860 --> 00:25:39,840
-You gonna have to do it.
-Yup.
349
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:45,130
Okay. Greg and Thurber.
If you could help James with the shaker.
350
00:25:45,130 --> 00:25:48,570
Dad. Finishing the plumbing
on the jig and set it in there.
351
00:25:48,570 --> 00:25:50,560
We gotta be rocking and rolling.
352
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,070
Dorsey. You're gonna be working with me.
353
00:25:53,310 --> 00:25:56,000
So that nobody else hurts you,
or you don't hurt anybody else.
354
00:25:56,010 --> 00:25:58,730
-I don't want anybody else to hurt
-Put me on a bus right now.
-Okay.
355
00:25:58,730 --> 00:26:00,160
I won't hurt nobody else, so
356
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,990
Okay. Shut your mouth. Don't interrupt.
That's how we're gonna do it.
357
00:26:02,990 --> 00:26:08,560
I don't care if we got to stay up all night.
We can actually turn equipment on.
Start testing it.
358
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,440
Within 72 hours.
359
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,290
There's a lot riding on Todd's deadline.
360
00:26:13,290 --> 00:26:17,070
We're gonna get it done in 72 hours or I'm
walking away. Cause I have no more money.
361
00:26:17,070 --> 00:26:21,340
Then I'm walking off of here.
I'm going down to town.
I'm gonna get a job.
362
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,696
I'm serious about that. I will make money
this summer. One way or another.
363
00:26:37,210 --> 00:26:41,340
Todd's promised his crew they
can be up and running in 3 days.
364
00:26:41,340 --> 00:26:46,490
In 72 hours this equipment is gonna
be running. 72 hours from right now.
365
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,050
There's an amazing amount to do.
366
00:26:55,790 --> 00:27:02,670
Harness is feeling better, and back in the saddle.
Even Dorsey is adjusting to
his role as Todd's assistant.
367
00:27:02,670 --> 00:27:05,690
Turn the heat up a little bit.
368
00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:11,640
The mining season is only a few
months long. We gotta be turning
some stuff on in 72 hours.
369
00:27:14,510 --> 00:27:18,650
But Todd knows they won't hit their
deadline unless they get help.
370
00:27:18,650 --> 00:27:23,230
If you could come up here dude.
Even for a couple friggen days and just
371
00:27:23,230 --> 00:27:25,820
Hey. It would be huge for me dude.
372
00:27:28,010 --> 00:27:32,380
He's asking a big favor from
an old friend, Dave Turin.
373
00:27:32,380 --> 00:27:39,320
Dave runs a successful quarry back in
Sandy Oregon, and knows everything
there is to know about mining.
374
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:47,230
Pick you up. Feed you some crappy food.
Put you on an air mattress you know.
375
00:27:47,230 --> 00:27:50,040
Whatever it takes, uh.
376
00:27:51,130 --> 00:27:53,960
Awesome. Take care. Bye.
377
00:27:54,970 --> 00:27:56,840
Ooh. That's huge.
378
00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:01,560
Without Dave figuring this out,
I honestly think I'd screw this up.
379
00:28:01,790 --> 00:28:03,840
Me and my dad would screw this one up royal.
380
00:28:05,260 --> 00:28:13,530
With Dave 24 hours away, and the clock ticking,
the crew has no time to waste to get the
rest of the mine up and running.
381
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,240
Just gonna start digging
the water intake over here.
382
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:26,860
The intake is a 60 yard trench, directing water
from Porcupine creek to a holding pond that's
as close to the wash plant as they can get.
383
00:28:26,860 --> 00:28:31,230
You have to be able to bring in
about 1000 gallons a minute.
384
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:39,720
Once this huge volume of water is flowing
down the trench to the holding pond,
it will act as a reservoir for the wash plant.
385
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:47,400
If you don't have this water, you
don't mine. It's just we need it,
we're gonna get it, and pretty soon.
386
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,980
But Jimmy Dorsey is anxious that
the plan is dangerously flawed.
387
00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:57,400
It looks like a pretty innocent creek, but
you can see how fast this water flows.
388
00:28:58,860 --> 00:29:05,360
I'm afraid this thing could not only
fill up our holding pond, but flood
our camp and then wash out the road.
389
00:29:05,580 --> 00:29:10,120
But Jack doesn't seem worried about
anything except getting mining.
390
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,190
So, we're opening up our store.
391
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,700
Jack's got the trench ready to go.
392
00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:25,980
We're gonna release the water. And hopefully
it will come down our trench and
fill up our intake pond.
393
00:29:25,980 --> 00:29:28,510
Who knows what could go wrong.
394
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,050
Hey girl.
395
00:29:37,340 --> 00:29:39,160
Who's that.
396
00:29:42,670 --> 00:29:45,310
Hey. You stay away from the edge.
397
00:29:50,170 --> 00:29:53,470
It's starting to undermine
right there. Back up.
398
00:29:55,580 --> 00:29:58,920
The water is causing structural damage to the pond.
399
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,390
The sides are collapsing.
400
00:30:01,390 --> 00:30:04,570
-Hey. This is a problem.
-We're gonna lose this bank, aren't we.
401
00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:06,640
There it goes.
402
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,670
Oh. Frig.
403
00:30:08,670 --> 00:30:10,670
Back it up.
404
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:18,640
If the pond caves in, it'll wipe
out the road behind, and
take out the wash plant.
405
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,130
The Hoffman's must make a decision.
406
00:30:21,130 --> 00:30:26,400
Hey dad. I think we better get this shut off or
we're gonna have a big mess on our hands.
You want to stick with it?
407
00:30:28,060 --> 00:30:31,100
If we get within a foot, I'll shut it off.
408
00:30:32,140 --> 00:30:36,170
We'll let the water flow tonight.
We're gonna see what the damage is.
409
00:30:36,170 --> 00:30:39,530
Uh, we're gonna put Jimmy
on pond watch tonight.
410
00:30:40,330 --> 00:30:47,630
See if this thing holds. If it doesn't,
then uh, we'll be working through the
week trying to repair what we just did.
411
00:30:49,210 --> 00:30:53,310
They are taking their biggest gamble yet.
412
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:07,000
At first light, Todd, Greg and Thurber,
are up to check if the sides
of the pond held out.
413
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:13,720
We got blessed on this one guys. Could have been
a huge disaster but it looks like it turned out
like we planned, which is actually pretty rare.
414
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,540
This really does mean we can mine.
415
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:21,720
The Hoffman's have two more days
to get their wash plant up and running.
416
00:31:22,060 --> 00:31:31,020
Boosted by the success of the channel opening, Todd
wants to try the biggest and most dangerous piece
of machinery a day ahead of schedule.
417
00:31:31,020 --> 00:31:35,340
Tonight we're gonna try to test
out the shaker. That's a big deal.
418
00:31:35,340 --> 00:31:39,850
Whether it works or not, I honestly
don't know if it's gonna work or not.
and neither does Harness here.
419
00:31:39,850 --> 00:31:45,290
-It'll work.
-If it doesn't, We've put a lot of money and
work and energy into that stupid thing.
420
00:31:45,290 --> 00:31:49,580
I'm gonna friggen put a piece of dynamite
under it and blow it the frig up.
421
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:59,930
In 1907, miners at Porcupine Creek redirected
the river to get at the gold in it's bed.
422
00:31:59,930 --> 00:32:02,650
They built a wooden channel called a flume.
423
00:32:02,650 --> 00:32:09,800
It was 8000 feet long, six to eight
feet deep, and 25 to 40 feet wide.
424
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:15,660
It was the largest in Alaska,
and cost a reported 200,000 dollars.
425
00:32:15,660 --> 00:32:20,250
4.7 million in today's money.
426
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:32,770
The Hoffmans and their team of
miners are losing 1000 dollars
every day they're not mining.
427
00:32:32,780 --> 00:32:36,730
We're 15 to twenty thousand dollars
behind, and we're 2 weeks behind.
428
00:32:36,730 --> 00:32:44,080
The pressure's on. They've allotted
two more days to get their machinery
working and start making money.
429
00:32:44,860 --> 00:32:50,920
This morning, Todd and Jack are on
their way to Haines Airport to pick up
their trump card from Oregon.
430
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:55,550
Dave Turin is coming up to
try to help and advise us.
431
00:32:55,550 --> 00:33:05,800
Not only does he run a construction crew, not only
does he mine. He is actually willing to step
in and help us. Just glad he's coming.
432
00:33:06,620 --> 00:33:09,140
-Hey.
-How you doing buddy?
433
00:33:09,150 --> 00:33:12,220
-Well again.
-Have a good flight?
-How are ya.
434
00:33:12,220 --> 00:33:14,460
-Good.
-I got it.
435
00:33:18,090 --> 00:33:19,610
I can't even believe you're here dude.
436
00:33:19,610 --> 00:33:20,510
Welcome.
437
00:33:20,510 --> 00:33:26,410
-We got the equipment. I'm guessing
somewhere around 80, 90% set up.
-Well, that's good.
438
00:33:26,410 --> 00:33:31,780
-But the main thing is, I'm worried about
the shaker. You know we had to modify it.
-Yeah.
439
00:33:31,790 --> 00:33:35,790
-I want you to kind of look at
it before we fire it up.
-Yeah.
440
00:33:35,790 --> 00:33:37,790
That is kind of the main thing.
441
00:33:38,380 --> 00:33:41,720
Then if you could help us
out on, it would be, whew!
442
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:43,720
It'll happen. We'll get it together.
443
00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:54,220
Dave's here not only to fire up
he equipment, but the miners too.
444
00:33:54,620 --> 00:33:56,440
You guys are an inspiration.
445
00:33:56,440 --> 00:34:05,120
You know, there's so many guys that are
on their butts, sitting around, watching tv,
collecting unemployment, and you know,
guys aren't made to do that.
446
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:09,640
So you guys start generating some
cash flow, you're gonna encourage
a lot of people. So, uh
447
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,240
You know, it encouraged me.
448
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:15,770
So don't hang your heads.
Keep your heads up.
And let's find some gold.
449
00:34:23,580 --> 00:34:26,430
-This should really work good,
if you can get it going.
-Yeah.
450
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,380
I'm impressed. That's not a bad day at all.
451
00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:34,060
And we had to make it all out of scrap.
452
00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:40,870
But Dave immediately identifies a bunch
of changes they need to make to the shaker.
453
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:46,600
Go, but, you put an angle iron on here.
Put a six inch angle iron here.
Bring another angle iron up,
454
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:51,730
Cut all the excess weight off.
I don't think we need this.
Put a flange in here. Cut this off.
455
00:34:51,740 --> 00:34:56,360
So that this isn't flopping around.
Run a web down so it's
supporting the outside.
456
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,090
And then, you're ready to go.
457
00:34:58,090 --> 00:35:03,720
It's a tall order. But Greg and Jack begin
work on Dave's modifications immediately.
458
00:35:04,140 --> 00:35:12,800
You know, Dave Turin is energizing our team.
His suggestions,, these aren't coming from books.
These are coming from actual experience.
459
00:35:13,020 --> 00:35:19,820
I mean, it's really all coming together.
This is great. We came here for one
reason, and that's to feed our
families by finding gold.
460
00:35:20,110 --> 00:35:22,460
Everyone's overwhelmed
with the job at hand.
461
00:35:22,460 --> 00:35:28,330
We just need one person to come in and say
"Hey. You guys, you're almost to the finish line."
462
00:35:28,330 --> 00:35:33,000
With Todd's help, Harness supplies
the finishing touches to his trommel.
463
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,920
I gave birth to this baby.
464
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,448
And it hurt.
465
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,620
What happened to your arm?
466
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,290
Third degree burns from molten metal.
467
00:35:44,752 --> 00:35:47,960
I didn't really collapse to what I got
did weld mate together.
468
00:35:48,510 --> 00:35:51,920
It's all theory, theoretical at this point.
469
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:57,310
The fact that this works, It's kind of like a
helicopter flying. You're not supposed to.
470
00:35:58,010 --> 00:35:59,630
But they do.
471
00:36:00,460 --> 00:36:02,840
So I think it's gonna work.
472
00:36:02,990 --> 00:36:05,200
Cause we're all just crazy
enough to hope so.
473
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:12,430
With Dave Turin's help, the crew is ready
to test the first part of the wash plant
a day ahead of the deadline.
474
00:36:12,430 --> 00:36:17,630
We're pushing 72 hours real hard.
We're right on the brink of firing up the shaker.
475
00:36:19,740 --> 00:36:22,780
If this doesn't work as we hope it will.
476
00:36:23,660 --> 00:36:25,130
Big question mark.
477
00:36:25,130 --> 00:36:27,980
There's my future. Sitting on that hill right there.
478
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,800
I- have one nut to put on and
-Okay.
479
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,800
Basically ready.
480
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:40,620
Harness made sure the generator is working before
sending power to the shaker for the first time.
481
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:45,080
We'll warm up the generator and crank it up.
and see what the damage is.
482
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:53,270
With the power plant running smoothly,
it's time to test the shaker.
483
00:36:53,280 --> 00:37:00,480
The forces up here are so great that these
things can actually just explode out the
side and steel flying everywhere.
484
00:37:02,170 --> 00:37:04,300
We're nervous. Really nervous.
485
00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:07,930
You just have to do a visual to make sure
you know where all your people are.
486
00:37:08,190 --> 00:37:14,990
Your employees are. And you gotta make sure
they're off the machines. Everybody's clear.
You say "All Clear" then you fire stuff up.
487
00:37:14,990 --> 00:37:18,040
You can't ever stress safety enough.
488
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:28,670
Let's Go!
489
00:37:28,670 --> 00:37:30,750
(Bang-a-bang-a-bang-a-bang)
490
00:37:30,750 --> 00:37:32,750
(slowing down)
491
00:37:32,750 --> 00:37:35,690
(speeds back up)
492
00:37:35,690 --> 00:37:37,360
Whoa whoa. Right there. Lookit.
493
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:37,870
Hey hey.
494
00:37:37,870 --> 00:37:38,270
(Bang)
Hey hey.
495
00:37:38,270 --> 00:37:38,280
-Whoa!
-Bang.
Hey hey.
496
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:39,690
-Whoa!
-Bang.
497
00:37:41,020 --> 00:37:43,360
(Machine idling down)
498
00:37:43,610 --> 00:37:48,940
This equipment can kill somebody and that's
the last thing we want to happen.
499
00:37:49,130 --> 00:37:50,670
Take that off.
500
00:37:50,670 --> 00:37:57,580
Dave Turin notices a desperate flaw
in the shaker set up and calls
everything to an emergency halt.
501
00:37:57,580 --> 00:38:02,360
That shaker was bouncing everywhere. It could
have fallen right off that hill right there.
502
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,490
Basically Dave just saved, could have
saved our mining season right there.
503
00:38:07,260 --> 00:38:11,360
With no anchor, the shaker began
to tear itself off it's base.
504
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,110
A potentially disastrous situation.
505
00:38:14,110 --> 00:38:16,520
That could have been a catastrophe. You know.
506
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:22,910
It's 11pm, and even though it's mid
summer in Alaska the light is fading.
507
00:38:22,910 --> 00:38:26,200
Before somebody gets hurt, I think
we're gonna knock off for the day.
508
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,580
The team has one day to find the solution.
509
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:45,070
The crew at Porcupine Creek has one day left
to get their mining machines up and running.
510
00:38:45,980 --> 00:38:54,250
Yesterday, the shaker began to tear itself
off it's base. If they can't find a quick
fix they'll never hit their deadline.
511
00:38:54,560 --> 00:39:03,660
As this thing's shaking, it's moving the rock down
the way. Every action has an equal and opposite
reaction. So if this thing wants to throw that down
512
00:39:04,010 --> 00:39:07,400
You gotta get that base down solid.
513
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:12,220
-Throw some cables around a log,
Bury it.
-Bury it, and cover it back up with dirt.
514
00:39:12,510 --> 00:39:15,550
-Then you're anchoring that thing down.
-What do you think James?
515
00:39:15,980 --> 00:39:17,850
I think it'll work great.
516
00:39:19,210 --> 00:39:24,650
Dave plans to bury a log, called a deadman,
and anchor the shaker to the ground.
517
00:39:24,650 --> 00:39:28,000
But the major earthworks will take time.
518
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:33,320
The 72 hour deadline is almost up.
I don't know how long it takes
to get the deadman in there.
519
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,320
But we gotta get it done quick.
520
00:39:36,940 --> 00:39:44,380
Jack sets about building the anchor.
It's now all that stands in the way of
the safe running of the shaker.
521
00:39:44,380 --> 00:39:46,780
Dorsey. I want you to work with Jack.
522
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,440
I put Dorsey with him and I
don't know if that's a deadly combo.
523
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:57,550
But they're actually getting stuff done so
what can I say. I'm gonna leave them
alone until somebody starts screaming.
524
00:39:57,550 --> 00:39:59,400
It's dropping.
525
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:04,590
It's such a useful half a day here.
I can't believe it.
526
00:40:05,390 --> 00:40:08,460
We think, It ain't going
anywhere. It's 20,000 lbs.
527
00:40:08,460 --> 00:40:11,150
Dave's kinda,
"That thing will walk right off the hill."
528
00:40:11,150 --> 00:40:14,320
Said we got to bury a deadman.
Gotta put cables around it.
529
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:16,890
Latest changes.
530
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:23,500
-Good. I think it's gonna work.
-I'm optimistic. I really think
it's gonna come out okay.
531
00:40:26,300 --> 00:40:34,170
The final day in the deadline is drawing
to a close. The team is ready to test
their wash plant for the first time.
532
00:40:34,990 --> 00:40:39,800
I'm nervous about the modifications
we made. But we just gotta.
533
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:45,000
We gotta get it done. We gotta test it out.
We gotta get some rock across it.
And see what happens.
534
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:46,680
We're gonna give it a try.
535
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,840
I think we've checked everything out.
Ready to rock.
536
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:51,100
Let's do it.
537
00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:53,230
Alright. Let's do this.
538
00:40:57,450 --> 00:40:59,070
Check the fuse.
539
00:41:08,140 --> 00:41:10,330
James is doing all his checks.
540
00:41:10,650 --> 00:41:13,870
-You ready?
-Check.
541
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:19,740
Fire it up.
542
00:41:33,610 --> 00:41:36,430
This rock is raw.
543
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,570
Working it's way down.
544
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:45,950
Smooth as molasses.
545
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,760
That's working.
546
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:11,960
Hurrah !
547
00:42:22,650 --> 00:42:26,000
Holy crap.
-Wahoo. Woo.
548
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,270
-Ha ha ha.
-It works good man.
-Doesn't that look good?
549
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:31,260
-That looks great!
-Maybe this'll work man.
550
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,850
-Maybe! I never had a doubt.
551
00:42:33,850 --> 00:42:36,240
-Glad you're here yet?
-Ha ha ha ha
-Geez.
552
00:42:36,510 --> 00:42:40,080
Now we got something worth panning right there.
553
00:42:40,090 --> 00:42:43,440
When we start seeing
gold down there in that jig
554
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:46,860
I think we'll all be like
"Oh my gosh. We're pulling this off".
555
00:42:49,610 --> 00:42:53,260
You know, 72 hours ago,
I was ready to walk off.
556
00:42:53,260 --> 00:42:54,520
I was there.
557
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,000
I didn't know what I was doing here.
558
00:42:57,260 --> 00:43:00,030
When this thing turns on it's like
Of course I'm supposed to be here.
559
00:43:00,030 --> 00:43:02,030
That's what we came to do.
560
00:43:03,740 --> 00:43:05,150
We got guts guys.
561
00:43:07,770 --> 00:43:09,310
-Good day.
562
00:43:09,310 --> 00:43:14,650
We made our 72 hours. Not a problem.
Everything seems to work good.
563
00:43:14,830 --> 00:43:19,560
The main thing, is this old guy right here, and uh
564
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:23,740
I think it actually worked better than I dreamed.
We're gonna b e rock and roll.
565
00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:27,770
This shaker is the most vulgar, disgusting
566
00:43:27,770 --> 00:43:28,620
Subs by
Jack T
567
00:43:28,620 --> 00:43:31,488
Amazingly violent thing I've ever
seen in my life.
568
00:43:32,064 --> 00:43:33,390
I love it.
568
00:43:34,305 --> 00:43:40,917
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