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I saw a few bones in the pay pile.
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Is that a mammoth tusk?
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Rib bone, I think.
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Right? Rib bone?
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I don't know.
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Yeah, so things are
going really well so far,
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you know, we're like coming
out of the gate moving and we're
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over 2,000 ounces, but
I'm waiting for something
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to go massively wrong
because things don't go
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this smoothly for very long.
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Six weeks into the season,
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30-year-old Parker schnabel's plan
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to mine more than 35
million dollars in gold is right
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on schedule.
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Tyson is being an animal this year.
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He's done over 1,500 ounces
already here on dominion.
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And then Mitch is doing
a really good job over
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at sulphur.
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Sulphur had over a 350-ounce cleanup
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last week, so that's crazy.
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Parker's plan includes
squeezing every ounce he can
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out of his sulphur creek claim,
where foreman Mitch blaschke
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has been hunting for gold rich
pockets the old timers missed.
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You know, it's been full
throttle since the beginning
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of the season here in sulphur,
trying to get all the work done
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before the water license expires.
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Just want to make sure that
we get what's ours and don't
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leave anything behind.
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Mitch is down to just three
weeks to get it all done.
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Making the job harder, his top dirt mover,
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Brennan ruault, was
recently sent to open ground
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at their next claim.
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Right now we're threading a
bunch of needles with Brennan
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trying to have the Indian river ready.
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Mitch trying to have
sulphur done before the water
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license expires.
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We need to get the whole
project done, reclaimed,
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and be out.
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- How's it going?
- Good.
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- How are you?
- Doing well.
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Yeah, nice to be getting
to the close of this one.
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- We can start the next project.
- Yeah.
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Holy, that's a hole.
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Wow.
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Very muddy hole.
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Nobody's done any
panning in here, I'm guessing.
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Not on this upper section.
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We were trying to get it out
as fast as we could, get her
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- to the plant and...
- Right.
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Well, I'll pan some of
this, just out of curiosity.
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All right, well, let's see what we've got.
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Holy smokes!
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That's a hell of a pan.
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Must be 100 pieces of gold in there.
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- Wow!
- Yeah.
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That's pretty wild.
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What do you think?
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It's worth staying here a little
longer and getting that last
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little bit of pay, there's
gold there, and that's what
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we're here for.
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But we got a lot of sluicing
to do already this year, so...
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There's a lot of sluicing to do.
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It always turns into a lot bigger project
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than we think, doesn't it?
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I wanna stand up there and look at it.
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How far does that go?
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Straight to this tree right here.
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That's probably where I would go to.
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You know, it's gonna be tight.
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Could just have, like,
Brennan come over here.
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That's the best chance that
you've got at getting the pay
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down here in time and getting it ran.
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That'd be sweet.
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All right, I'll keep you updated.
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Over the last six weeks,
Mitch has dug out all the pay
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pockets of the two-acre
cut and is sluicing the last
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of its stockpiled pay.
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But Parker believes the
old-timer's dredge missed
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even more gold and thinks
the pay streak extends
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up to the road.
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He wants Mitch to expand
the cut by another two acres
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and sluice all of its pay
before the water license
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runs out.
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If Parker's move pays
off, he could bank another
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500 ounces worth one and
three-quarter million dollars.
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Just when we thought sulphur
here was coming to a close
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in typical Parker fashion,
now he's saying, you know,
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"hey, I want even more dirt out of there."
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We're pushing this project
all the way to its absolute limit.
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So I'm just hoping we can get
everything done here and sluice,
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but it's just messing with our timeline.
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Brother!
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All right, the cavalry's here.
We can certainly use the help.
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Whoo!
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We're here, happy to help, man.
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To give Mitch a fighting
chance, Parker has sent in
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the big guns.
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So we've got five trucks,
two excavators, and the loader
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feeding the plant.
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We're on a hot streak right now.
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Let's stay with it, and finish it off,
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and get every speck of
gold we can get out of here.
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You know, everything
up here is risk over reward.
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And right now, the risk is
we got ourselves a lot of dirt
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to move here, not much time.
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But Parker thinks it's worth the reward.
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First gold weigh of the year.
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You're always hoping
for a good one, right?
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It can set, you know, kind of set the pace
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for the rest of the year...
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We had the opposite of that.
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A hundred miles away,
Rick ness is still trying
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to recover from a major setback
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after failing to obtain
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the water license needed
to mine his gold-rich.
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Duncan creek claim.
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The diamond cut on his
new claim at lightning creek
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delivered just seven ounces.
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We're always in a race
against time, but, you know,
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we start having gold waves
like that, it just becomes even
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more and more serious, you know.
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There's no way we can
make money off of that,
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but that doesn't mean that
we can just call it quits here.
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Rick now finds himself in deep water.
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He's had to shut down
wash plant rocky, but has just one
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week to pay landowner Troy Taylor
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100 ounces to complete
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his purchase of lightning creek.
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We've got to move on.
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We've got to strip some new ground.
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We've already started that.
We've moved up the valley.
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We've just got to pivot and pivot quick.
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We're late to the game this
season, so we had to come
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into this location,
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it's definitely not as good
ground as Vegas valley.
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Hopefully, we can get
gold out of here to at least
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pay the bills.
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Everyone's getting pretty beat down.
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When you see low numbers and
no gold coming in, it doesn't feel
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too good.
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It's definitely getting a little stressful,
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being a little behind the gun here.
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So, we're going to shift over
here and change the odds.
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Hopefully, start running
some pay dirt soon.
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This is definitely the
beginning of working
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our way up the valley, for sure.
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You know, we need as
much uncovered as we can,
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but pretty much it's just
going to be trial and error.
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We want to make sure that,
you know, this is going to be
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good pay and not garbage.
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Rick's going to come down
to figure out what he wants me
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to do moving forward.
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Look at this.
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What you thinking, Bailey?
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It's like the bedrock's right there,
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and then it goes to sand.
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Obviously you don't want sand, but...
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Interesting.
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There's no telling what
this bedrock might do.
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You're probably just
going to have to follow it.
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Yes.
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Some of that along
the banks looks like pay.
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- Ok.
- But there's a spot
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right there where there are bigger rocks.
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Look at that big rock right there.
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That's what we want to see. Nice.
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Do you want that top gravelly stuff?
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I think so.
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Yeah, I would say that's the stuff we run.
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Bigger rocks
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should mean bigger deposits of gold.
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Over 150,000 years
ago, a giant glacier eroded
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and picked up gold from
the mount hint on motherlode.
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A massive ice sheet
bulldozed down the valley,
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tearing up the landscape.
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When the ice melted, the
gold settled in scattered pockets
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with the heavy rocks and boulders.
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I like it. Get the plant running
and then start hauling that to plant.
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- That would be great.
- Yeah.
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We can call this the Boulder cut.
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- Cool.
- -Hopefully it's got gold in it.
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Ok. Thanks, man.
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Yep.
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Bailey's getting on it right here.
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You know, he's doing a good
job of getting this stripped off,
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and there's a lot more bigger
boulders and stuff in that ground.
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It just looks more promising, so I've got
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a good feeling about that.
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We're all pretty excited to run this stuff.
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We'll get this fired up,
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and we'll start pounding dirt through it.
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Well, right now we're
hauling pay to the plant.
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This pay layer definitely looks, you know,
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a lot better than...
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The diamond cut.
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You know, there is big rocks in here.
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I'm hoping it's going to be really good.
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Something's going on with the bucket.
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It's not feeling proper.
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It doesn't have any strength
trying to curl right now.
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- Hey, Ryan, you got a copy, man?
- Go ahead, Bailey.
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Yeah, something's wrong
with the 750 for sure.
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Ok, all right, man, give me
just a minute, and I'll be over.
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Hopefully, Ryan can get
down here and figure out what's
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going on, because this
is our main machine.
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That's the only thing
that we got down here
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that can load rock trucks quick enough.
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So right now, we're on a standstill.
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We got issues with the 750 right now.
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I probably got a couple
more hours worth of pay here.
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If there's no pay at this
plant, there's no gold
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in the box.
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So it's pretty crucial to have
that thing back up and running.
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At lightning creek, the
ness crew 750 excavator has
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gone down, preventing
them from digging pay dirt
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from the new Boulder cut.
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I'd zip that plate off.
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Let's make as much room as we can.
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I'll get in there and I'll crack it open.
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All right.
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Where is she at?
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- All righty.
- Ok.
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We've got a pilot hose over
here that comes from the back
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main pump and goes all the
way up just underneath the cab
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that's chafing pretty bad.
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The 750 excavator's bucket
moves forward when hydraulic
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fluid is pumped through a
hose into a cylinder with a piston
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at 5,000 pounds per square inch.
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The bucket is then forced
to retract when the cylinder is
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injected with hydraulic
fluid by a second hose.
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Ryan has discovered this
hose has a leak in the body
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of the excavator near the pump.
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He plans to disconnect the
hose and remove it, then replace it
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with a new one, restoring the hydraulic
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system's full pressure,
allowing the bucket to once
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again haul six yards of
Boulder pay dirt with each scoop.
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- Right here?
- Yeah, go ahead.
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Yeah, you're getting there.
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- Look at this... right there.
- Yeah.
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So this will get us going,
get us back in the pay,
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and keep things rolling.
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All right, got it all zip tied up.
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Gonna get our bottom plates on,
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get our top plate mounted back,
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and Bailey will be right back at it.
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Baby!
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All right, bottom side's good.
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There you go. Perfect.
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Hey, Bailey, 750's fixed.
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Thanks, Ryan.
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We got the 750 up and running
again, which is awesome.
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We've got three trucks.
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We've got to hurry up here
and get that pay to the plant.
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I really need this to work out.
We all need this to work out.
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This is our spot for the
summer, and we need
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to start getting some gold out of it.
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I'm not going to sleep
well until we get a whole run
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out of this ground.
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And if it doesn't start
showing us gold, well,
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you know, what good is it?
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I'm not full panic mode, but I am...
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Definitely got my hand
over the panic button.
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A month and a half into his season,
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king of the klondike, Tony beets,
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is cashing in on his early bird cut.
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He's already banked over
1,800 ounces of his 6,500-ounce
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target and is now opening the corner cut.
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40 miles away, on paradise hill...
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Pretty busy right now, here
at Mike's shipping department.
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Turn my way a bit.
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Go to grab the next one.
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I'm told to get this organized,
I'm told to get this ready,
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I'm told to get this going.
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This is all Indian river.
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I'm just a delivery boy.
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Trommel's not gonna happen
anytime soon at this rate.
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If he wants to see gold, my
dad's gonna have to leave me
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alone and let me do it.
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At the start of the season...
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You gave Kevin a bunch of
help getting him going, so is there
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anything you're gonna help us with?
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Tony's youngest son, Mike, made a case
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for his own claim.
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Tony tasked Mike with getting
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their paradise hill operation running.
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But two weeks ago...
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I don't know what the going on.
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Tony stole half of his
equipment and crew.
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He tried to take all my
people and then all my,
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and then expect me to still run the hill.
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Now, Mike's paradise
hill trommel still sits idle
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and he has no gold coming in.
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Hey, what's going on?
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What's the problem?
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Right now, with my equipment,
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I can do one project at a time.
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I can sluice, I can strip.
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I do not have enough to do
both, which means I ain't going
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to be able to run the trommel here.
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You will not.
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You know Tony's train of thought, right?
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The Indian is the only thing
that's producing right now.
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So that's where he wants to focus on.
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It's a little bit worrisome
that he takes your equipment.
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Why can't I start taking back?
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That would go over really well.
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You and I both know that.
So that's not going to happen.
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So what are you going to do now?
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Do you have a plan b?
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We have Harald.
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We have a nice plant
sitting down in hester.
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It's basically stupid-proof.
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Just got to fuse some
pipe, hook it up to the pump,
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test the pump.
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And then I just got to get an
excavator and a loader down
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- there, and I could be sluicing.
- That's great.
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How would you feel to just
have your own claim, just your
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stuff, no interference
with your father, like Kevin?
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I would like it. It'd be fun.
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You think that's going to happen?
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No. He's too busy out there.
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Want to have a little wager?
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$10, I say it will.
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We can also say $20.
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You scared?
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20 bucks.
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With that being said, I do
think you have to go back
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- to work.
- I'll see you later.
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Mike got a little bit of a
rough end of the deal here,
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because he doesn't have all the people
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and all the equipment.
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But it's just the way Tony is. It... it's...
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he focuses on what's right
in front of him, not what's
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60 miles down the road.
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00:18:32,270 --> 00:18:36,500
Mike plans to use what little
equipment Tony left behind
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to make a quick score
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by sluicing a pile of old-timer tailings
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that he believes are rich in gold.
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00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,600
But first, he has to
connect the water supply
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to wash plant Harald.
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00:18:50,870 --> 00:18:52,430
So, I'm going to be testing out our new
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fusing machine here.
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00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,460
Without no water, you ain't sluicing at all.
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If Mike can fit through, the pipe will fit.
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00:19:02,670 --> 00:19:04,300
Spread your wings and fly, Mike.
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00:19:10,970 --> 00:19:11,970
It works!
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00:19:14,670 --> 00:19:17,470
Right now, we're gonna lift
up the pipe so I can line it up.
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00:19:19,470 --> 00:19:21,070
My way.
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00:19:21,770 --> 00:19:22,850
Stop! I just lined them up.
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00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:24,510
I'm tightening them up now.
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00:19:25,300 --> 00:19:27,270
I'm waiting for the
heating pad to warm up.
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00:19:27,830 --> 00:19:28,830
Put it in there. Yeah.
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00:19:28,930 --> 00:19:29,930
Ok.
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00:19:30,970 --> 00:19:32,706
That melts the pipe so
that when I push it together,
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it fuses.
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00:19:34,670 --> 00:19:37,670
Get ready. There you go.
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00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,100
It's working.
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I heard thunder.
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00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:53,160
Pull the tarp, bring it over here.
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00:19:55,370 --> 00:19:56,870
Now it's raining pretty good.
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00:19:57,270 --> 00:19:58,270
Hold it up!
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00:19:59,070 --> 00:20:01,030
Try to cover it so it
doesn't get pissed on rain.
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00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:03,270
If rain gets into the melted junction,
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00:20:03,830 --> 00:20:05,160
air bubbles will form,
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00:20:06,270 --> 00:20:08,270
and the fuse will burst
under high water pressure.
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00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:16,100
If we don't get this fused together,
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00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:18,300
I ain't getting no water to Harald.
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00:20:25,670 --> 00:20:27,370
Yeah, that should be good.
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00:20:28,070 --> 00:20:29,270
The rain seems to be stopping.
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00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:30,500
You guys can take it off.
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00:20:31,030 --> 00:20:34,560
Before Mike can test
if the fuses will hold,
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00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,270
he needs to connect the pipe
to the pump across the creek.
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00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:42,270
Lift it up in the air.
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00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,170
Yeah, it's looking good.
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00:20:49,670 --> 00:20:51,270
Excellent. That's good, Zach.
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00:20:52,770 --> 00:20:53,870
Pull it in.
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00:20:56,870 --> 00:20:57,970
Good!
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00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,870
Next step is to put the suction in.
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00:21:03,130 --> 00:21:05,546
Chain this up, try not to get
hit in the face with the bucket,
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00:21:05,570 --> 00:21:07,330
because it's not on
my bucket list of to do.
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00:21:07,570 --> 00:21:08,570
Ba-dum-tss!
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00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:21,670
Pipes are all hooked up, fused together.
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00:21:22,730 --> 00:21:24,690
All I have to do is test
fire the pump, make sure
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00:21:25,130 --> 00:21:26,360
everything's working good.
385
00:21:43,170 --> 00:21:45,170
Enough water. That's good.
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00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:46,800
That's lovely. I love it.
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00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,600
I'm firing up.
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00:21:55,770 --> 00:21:57,170
Everything's working!
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00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,300
First scoop into Harald. Here we go.
390
00:22:07,170 --> 00:22:12,000
For the first time this
season, Mike is on the gold.
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00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,670
Nice to finally get this thing going.
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00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:17,100
Got it there.
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00:22:38,570 --> 00:22:39,670
Man, it was brutal.
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00:22:40,770 --> 00:22:42,890
There's no way we would
have made this happen without
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00:22:43,370 --> 00:22:44,890
the trucks and the extra help up here.
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00:22:45,670 --> 00:22:48,100
But we are finally down to
pay, and we're going to load that
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00:22:49,030 --> 00:22:50,710
in the trucks and haul
it down to Roxanne.
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00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:54,270
At sulphur creek, Mitch
blaschke has hit pay
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in the first section of the
new two-acre extension.
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00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:03,000
Now his crew is in a race to
sluice it all before the water
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00:23:03,970 --> 00:23:06,100
license runs out in
less than three weeks.
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00:23:07,270 --> 00:23:08,870
Holy!
403
00:23:10,770 --> 00:23:13,270
Loader operator Sean holcroft
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00:23:14,370 --> 00:23:16,870
is feeding the new pay
through wash plant Roxanne.
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00:23:17,970 --> 00:23:21,070
Parker, he's got some
deadlines going, so we really
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00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,680
got to bust our balls
here and get moving.
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00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:27,100
I got this old 220 loader.
Thing's a little ancient.
408
00:23:28,230 --> 00:23:29,406
Still able to wash rocks
with the plant, but she's a bit
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00:23:29,430 --> 00:23:30,460
of a rough ride.
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00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:32,740
I have my second year down here now.
411
00:23:33,470 --> 00:23:34,830
A big step up for me, a little bit
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00:23:35,030 --> 00:23:36,030
more responsibilities.
413
00:23:36,300 --> 00:23:37,620
They're letting me do a lot more.
414
00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:39,776
It's pretty awesome to
have this opportunity.
415
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:40,800
I really love it.
416
00:23:46,470 --> 00:23:48,500
I don't know what the is
going on with this thing.
417
00:23:51,070 --> 00:23:53,000
Feels like we got the brakes locking up.
418
00:23:55,470 --> 00:23:56,600
Let's take a half load.
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00:23:58,370 --> 00:24:00,400
My god.
420
00:24:00,970 --> 00:24:02,900
Painful, man.
421
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:07,440
Getting a low hydraulic oil warning here.
422
00:24:11,730 --> 00:24:14,900
Hey, Mitch, this 220 here
423
00:24:15,530 --> 00:24:16,530
it's up real bad.
424
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:18,446
Like, it just ain't got no power,
425
00:24:18,470 --> 00:24:19,670
barely making it up this ramp.
426
00:24:20,630 --> 00:24:22,006
There's no way I'm gonna
be able to keep up with this,
427
00:24:22,030 --> 00:24:23,070
even at 100 yards an hour.
428
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,970
This is not what we need right now.
429
00:24:31,270 --> 00:24:34,170
Unfortunately, you know,
with 220 being down right now,
430
00:24:34,870 --> 00:24:36,070
we're gonna shut Roxanne down.
431
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,170
Shutting down Roxanne
could mean losing
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00:24:39,700 --> 00:24:42,300
over $8,000 an hour.
433
00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:45,676
Parker has all these ambitions
and things he wants us to do
434
00:24:45,700 --> 00:24:46,700
this season.
435
00:24:47,630 --> 00:24:49,276
But we got one old loader
out here, and right now
436
00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:50,300
we're not sluicing.
437
00:24:51,870 --> 00:24:56,300
To fix the loader, Mitch calls
in mechanic Taylor matejka.
438
00:24:58,470 --> 00:25:00,770
I've got an alarm for low hydraulic oil.
439
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,680
You can see there's
nothing in the sight glass.
440
00:25:04,700 --> 00:25:05,800
With the machine running,
441
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,370
the transmission oil was way high.
442
00:25:10,430 --> 00:25:12,276
It should be at the bottom
of the sight glass here.
443
00:25:12,300 --> 00:25:13,300
We're way over full.
444
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:15,840
So what caused this is the parking brake.
445
00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:19,470
And it's got a piston inside
with seals that release
446
00:25:19,970 --> 00:25:20,970
the parking brake.
447
00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:23,406
These seals have failed,
and the parking brake is
448
00:25:23,430 --> 00:25:25,150
dragging, and it's filling the transmission
449
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:26,400
with hydraulic oil.
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00:25:29,170 --> 00:25:30,770
I'm just going to pull the drain plug
451
00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:34,100
on the transmission
here, and we'll let her buck.
452
00:25:35,900 --> 00:25:37,000
There it goes!
453
00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:40,580
Hopefully it's just the seals, but if it's a...
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00:25:41,370 --> 00:25:42,370
if a piece of got between
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00:25:43,470 --> 00:25:45,470
the piston and the housing,
we might have a piston
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00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:48,100
and that's gonna be a huge problem.
457
00:25:49,630 --> 00:25:53,600
The 220 loader's parking brake
is spring-loaded and controlled
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00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:55,200
by hydraulic pressure.
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00:25:56,670 --> 00:25:59,900
To access the brake,
Taylor will first cage it
460
00:26:01,030 --> 00:26:03,100
by using three bolts that
compress the Springs,
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00:26:04,070 --> 00:26:05,790
releasing the brake
and securing the piston
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00:26:06,230 --> 00:26:07,230
to the brake cover.
463
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,000
He will then remove the
16 bolts that hold the cover
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00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:14,770
in place and lift off the
caged parking brake piston.
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00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:19,570
Taylor can then remove and
replace the damaged seals
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00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:23,470
before reinstalling the
brake, uncaging the Springs,
467
00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:27,200
and refilling the hydraulic
oil, allowing the parking brake
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00:26:27,770 --> 00:26:28,770
to function properly.
469
00:26:31,530 --> 00:26:33,370
We're just buzzing the
parking brake out here.
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00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,280
We've got it caged with these three bolts.
471
00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:39,700
There we go!
472
00:26:40,470 --> 00:26:42,376
We'll take it out, put it
on the back of my truck.
473
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:43,846
Hopefully this thing is
not, because we can't
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00:26:43,870 --> 00:26:44,870
afford a down loader.
475
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,800
You can see here, there's
no real damage to the piston,
476
00:26:50,830 --> 00:26:52,470
but the parking brake seal is completely.
477
00:26:52,730 --> 00:26:53,730
We need to replace it.
478
00:26:54,770 --> 00:26:57,100
Sean was right to give
me a shout right away.
479
00:26:58,030 --> 00:26:59,750
We'll swap the seals
out and put this thing
480
00:27:00,330 --> 00:27:01,650
back together. Let's get started.
481
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,670
We'll peel these seals off.
482
00:27:07,570 --> 00:27:09,370
We're at the assembly
stage now, just putting
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00:27:09,730 --> 00:27:10,730
these seals in.
484
00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:13,070
Hey, Taylor, you got a copy, Taylor?
485
00:27:13,370 --> 00:27:14,470
Yeah, go ahead.
486
00:27:15,330 --> 00:27:16,570
How's it going over there, man?
487
00:27:17,130 --> 00:27:19,330
We're putting new seals in
the parking brake right now.
488
00:27:19,570 --> 00:27:21,546
Thank god it was just the
seals and we had them in stock.
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00:27:21,570 --> 00:27:24,010
I give us about an hour and a
half, two hours, and this thing
490
00:27:24,070 --> 00:27:25,446
- will be up and running.
- All right, man.
491
00:27:25,470 --> 00:27:26,470
We'll be ready for it.
492
00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:28,406
Mitch is chomping at
the bit to get this thing
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00:27:28,430 --> 00:27:29,430
up and running.
494
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,206
And it's just, you know,
race against time to get
495
00:27:31,230 --> 00:27:32,230
this thing back together.
496
00:27:33,770 --> 00:27:34,870
It's all good.
497
00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:47,200
Fill it with transmission oil,
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00:27:48,030 --> 00:27:49,430
and we can be back to making money.
499
00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:53,770
Transmission's full.
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00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,200
Parking brake's reassembled, resealed.
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00:27:56,770 --> 00:27:57,770
Everything's hooked up.
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00:27:59,570 --> 00:28:01,170
Lay down.
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00:28:01,530 --> 00:28:02,530
Good boy.
504
00:28:11,570 --> 00:28:12,890
I'm going to take it down to Sean
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00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:14,840
so they can go fire up Roxanne.
506
00:28:20,900 --> 00:28:23,600
- Yeah, buddy.
- Thanks, man.
507
00:28:24,330 --> 00:28:25,600
Five hours after shutting down
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00:28:26,430 --> 00:28:29,700
and $40,000 of gold production lost,
509
00:28:30,370 --> 00:28:33,000
Roxanne is back in the game.
510
00:28:33,730 --> 00:28:35,760
Washing rocks, Roxanne shaking,
511
00:28:36,270 --> 00:28:37,270
getting that gold.
512
00:28:38,470 --> 00:28:40,900
We got Roxanne on a good clip here.
513
00:28:41,670 --> 00:28:42,950
It's sluicing along very nicely.
514
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,960
We're pushing this project
here at sulphur all the way
515
00:28:46,070 --> 00:28:47,470
to its absolute limit.
516
00:28:48,100 --> 00:28:49,100
We're getting through it,
517
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,000
but we're not out of the woods yet.
518
00:29:17,870 --> 00:29:20,500
We understand, we're
not mining Vegas valley.
519
00:29:20,930 --> 00:29:21,930
It's different.
520
00:29:22,770 --> 00:29:24,676
It's up for us to prove that
there is something here.
521
00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:25,700
It's going to be nonstop.
522
00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:27,000
It's not going to be...
523
00:29:27,830 --> 00:29:29,270
It's not going to be an easy season.
524
00:29:29,830 --> 00:29:31,806
I think this will be our
toughest season with Rick.
525
00:29:31,830 --> 00:29:36,000
Rick's crew is sluicing pay
dirt from the new Boulder cut,
526
00:29:37,030 --> 00:29:39,160
which they hope will
finally deliver some gold.
527
00:29:40,370 --> 00:29:42,450
We're going to probably
work our way up this valley,
528
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:43,800
probably all season.
529
00:29:44,670 --> 00:29:46,790
Hopefully, the farther we
go or the more that we run,
530
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,000
the better it looks.
531
00:30:18,770 --> 00:30:20,300
What's going on?
532
00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:23,100
I got some news.
533
00:30:40,700 --> 00:30:41,800
What's going on?
534
00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:44,800
I got some news.
535
00:30:47,370 --> 00:30:49,470
We got a water license on lower Duncan.
536
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,000
- Really?
- Yes.
537
00:30:52,470 --> 00:30:53,470
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
538
00:30:54,270 --> 00:30:55,546
That's actually really good news.
539
00:30:55,570 --> 00:30:56,650
Got something for you guys.
540
00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:07,900
Cheers, boys!
541
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,600
Yeah.
542
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,200
We got the news today from the attorney.
543
00:31:14,470 --> 00:31:16,310
They granted an extension
until November 2025.
544
00:31:16,830 --> 00:31:18,310
We can go break ground, Vegas valley,
545
00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:19,906
and start draining it. We could get gold
546
00:31:19,930 --> 00:31:21,050
from Vegas valley this year.
547
00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:22,140
Was that a verified email?
548
00:31:22,530 --> 00:31:23,970
- A verified email, yes.
- Ok, good.
549
00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:25,100
- Yes, yes.
- Yeah.
550
00:31:25,830 --> 00:31:28,560
We 100% have a water
license, a land use permit,
551
00:31:29,270 --> 00:31:30,510
and everything at lower Duncan.
552
00:31:31,430 --> 00:31:34,000
In just four years, Rick's
claim on lower Duncan
553
00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:37,000
paid out nearly 6,000 ounces.
554
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,270
But after losing the water
license, he had to abandon it,
555
00:31:42,170 --> 00:31:43,900
including a pay pile that could contain
556
00:31:44,700 --> 00:31:48,000
more than $1.4 million in gold.
557
00:31:49,330 --> 00:31:51,690
We already got a pile up there
ready to run, and, you know,
558
00:31:52,270 --> 00:31:53,430
we can actually run that now.
559
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,680
So what does that mean for this deal?
560
00:31:56,870 --> 00:31:57,910
Well, that's a good point,
561
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,480
because we can't just
walk away from this.
562
00:32:00,670 --> 00:32:03,150
I promised Troy another hundred
ounces to buy lightning creek.
563
00:32:03,270 --> 00:32:05,350
I'm not just gonna pull a
hundred ounces out of here
564
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,320
and give it to Troy and walk the away.
565
00:32:07,670 --> 00:32:09,646
You know, we've got to pull
some serious gold out of here.
566
00:32:09,670 --> 00:32:10,900
But this is really good news.
567
00:32:11,770 --> 00:32:12,906
I don't even think you've seen the best
568
00:32:12,930 --> 00:32:13,930
out of Vegas valley yet.
569
00:32:14,830 --> 00:32:17,070
No, and I'm hoping we
haven't seen the best out of this.
570
00:32:17,130 --> 00:32:18,970
You know, I think our
future is really bright.
571
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,306
I've got a lot to figure out,
but we've got a water license,
572
00:32:21,330 --> 00:32:22,850
and we are going back to Vegas valley.
573
00:32:23,700 --> 00:32:25,340
- This is cause for celebration.
- Yeah.
574
00:32:25,470 --> 00:32:26,470
Thank you, guys.
575
00:32:26,970 --> 00:32:27,970
All right.
576
00:32:31,870 --> 00:32:33,750
You know, in my head
right now, I'm very happy.
577
00:32:34,430 --> 00:32:35,750
There's a lot going on right now.
578
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,006
It's like one extreme to the other, right?
579
00:32:37,030 --> 00:32:38,030
We had no water license.
580
00:32:38,730 --> 00:32:40,850
Now we've got a water
license in two spots, you know?
581
00:32:41,130 --> 00:32:42,570
I want to just run the Vegas valley.
582
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:43,676
I know the gold's there,
but I've got obligations
583
00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:44,700
on lightning creek.
584
00:32:44,930 --> 00:32:46,210
You know, I owe Troy 100 ounces.
585
00:32:46,300 --> 00:32:48,206
You know, that's a
quarter million dollars, so...
586
00:32:48,230 --> 00:32:49,476
There's a lot to figure out,
but at the end of the day,
587
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:50,500
this is good news.
588
00:33:07,870 --> 00:33:09,300
It's nice to be finally sluicing.
589
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,160
It's been a long time coming.
590
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,100
At paradise hill, despite
a lack of equipment,
591
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,500
Mike is determined to prove to his dad
592
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,370
that he can bring in the gold.
593
00:33:22,130 --> 00:33:23,410
Just careful not to overload it.
594
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,470
It's nice to get this going.
It's exactly what I wanted.
595
00:33:28,170 --> 00:33:29,330
Closer and closer every time.
596
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:37,200
Shut it down.
597
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:41,200
Close the bypass!
598
00:33:51,930 --> 00:33:53,010
Gonna be a pain in the ass.
599
00:33:53,930 --> 00:33:55,860
Yeah, but that's got to get fixed
600
00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:57,500
before we can keep going.
601
00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:00,870
I'm going to lift this up,
take these off so I can get
602
00:34:02,070 --> 00:34:04,390
this little orange piece here,
and I can check the rubber.
603
00:34:09,030 --> 00:34:10,706
If you hop in the
excavator, I'll wrap it around,
604
00:34:10,730 --> 00:34:11,730
and we'll just lift it.
605
00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:23,200
Yeah, these are coming off like butter.
606
00:34:26,830 --> 00:34:28,300
My gasket's ripped completely.
607
00:34:29,570 --> 00:34:31,770
Yeah, she ripped right apart.
608
00:34:32,730 --> 00:34:34,760
And my only two
rubbers I got are too small,
609
00:34:35,330 --> 00:34:36,700
or a wee bit too big.
610
00:34:39,700 --> 00:34:41,100
You can make that work, though.
611
00:34:41,900 --> 00:34:44,370
- You know what I mean?
- Cut holes.
612
00:34:45,530 --> 00:34:47,130
We're going to have to around with this.
613
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,000
What we're gonna do is
Mark out all the holes, and then
614
00:34:53,870 --> 00:34:55,430
we'll just push the bolt holes through.
615
00:35:01,770 --> 00:35:03,570
Then I'm going to cut,
616
00:35:04,470 --> 00:35:06,030
and yeah, the bolt will fit through it.
617
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:09,870
Yeah, there should be 12.
618
00:35:13,230 --> 00:35:14,800
It's a little scabby, but it'll work.
619
00:35:15,570 --> 00:35:17,270
For the bush fix gasket to work,
620
00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:19,570
it must form a tight seal
621
00:35:20,270 --> 00:35:21,770
between the two metal flanges.
622
00:35:22,530 --> 00:35:23,446
A little bit more my way.
623
00:35:23,470 --> 00:35:24,600
There we go.
624
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,370
If we do this and it works,
it should last until forever.
625
00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:35,170
Hey, that's my butt!
626
00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:39,600
Let her down.
627
00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:47,400
That's tight. It should all work.
628
00:36:08,870 --> 00:36:10,370
Hey, Colby, hop in the loader!
629
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:11,800
Let's get going!
630
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,670
Finally getting this done.
631
00:36:15,870 --> 00:36:18,206
My dad would be happy to get
any gold, so I'm going to grab
632
00:36:18,230 --> 00:36:19,950
every ounce of gold I can out of that dirt.
633
00:36:20,370 --> 00:36:22,210
Between me and Colby,
we should be able to get
634
00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:23,500
this thing going.
635
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,320
This will be running for
the rest of the season.
636
00:36:33,370 --> 00:36:34,600
Whoo hoo!
637
00:36:35,770 --> 00:36:39,000
Mike beets may be dreaming
of his own klondike kingdom,
638
00:36:40,030 --> 00:36:42,300
but there is already a
crown he wears proudly.
639
00:36:44,670 --> 00:36:46,106
According to everyone,
I'm a king of around,
640
00:36:46,130 --> 00:36:47,330
so this should be nothing new.
641
00:36:49,970 --> 00:36:51,470
Go chase the beaver.
642
00:36:52,030 --> 00:36:53,160
No, no, no!
643
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:54,970
You made me do it!
644
00:36:57,770 --> 00:37:00,370
Geez, I leave you guys
alone for, what, two minutes,
645
00:37:01,230 --> 00:37:02,390
and then you're around again?
646
00:37:02,530 --> 00:37:03,530
Let's go!
647
00:37:04,030 --> 00:37:05,030
Nah, just around.
648
00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:23,770
- Whoa!
- Yeah.
649
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:25,870
- Nice glasses.
- Thanks, man.
650
00:37:27,300 --> 00:37:28,570
How are you? No fire?
651
00:37:29,370 --> 00:37:30,276
No, it's too hot for that.
652
00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:31,300
It's hot.
653
00:37:31,870 --> 00:37:33,750
- Summer finally got here.
- Yeah, it came fast.
654
00:37:34,570 --> 00:37:36,570
It was a smart move to
pivot from the diamond cut.
655
00:37:36,670 --> 00:37:38,306
There's no way we
can make a living off it.
656
00:37:38,330 --> 00:37:41,360
And, you know, I like
the spot that we moved to.
657
00:37:42,330 --> 00:37:43,906
It's definitely looking better in every way.
658
00:37:43,930 --> 00:37:44,930
There's boulders there.
659
00:37:45,970 --> 00:37:48,130
Yeah, it is nicer material
compared to that stuff that
660
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:49,960
we just dug at the
start of the diamond cut.
661
00:37:50,630 --> 00:37:52,110
- So we're on the right track.
- Yeah.
662
00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:54,820
Well, I guess maybe we
should weigh up the gold.
663
00:37:55,170 --> 00:37:57,870
Rick's previous spot, the diamond cut,
664
00:37:58,530 --> 00:38:01,300
produced just 7.35 ounces.
665
00:38:02,170 --> 00:38:04,570
Now he's hoping the new Boulder cut
666
00:38:05,630 --> 00:38:08,500
will deliver at least 30
ounces for its run time.
667
00:38:09,230 --> 00:38:10,360
All right, count it out.
668
00:38:14,530 --> 00:38:18,900
One, two... Five, seven,
eight, nine, ten, twelve...
669
00:38:20,470 --> 00:38:22,670
18, 20...
670
00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:25,170
22...
671
00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:27,370
22.35!
672
00:38:28,870 --> 00:38:31,770
Worth $78,000.
673
00:38:33,070 --> 00:38:34,870
Definitely an improvement.
674
00:38:35,970 --> 00:38:37,946
You got to look at it that
way. Three times better.
675
00:38:37,970 --> 00:38:38,970
Yeah.
676
00:38:39,870 --> 00:38:42,270
I mean, obviously, that water
license coming in is huge.
677
00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:45,400
But a lot of decisions
come with that, you know.
678
00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:48,620
There's a lot of pieces
that have to fall into place.
679
00:38:49,170 --> 00:38:50,176
What's going through your head?
680
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:51,270
Tough it out here?
681
00:38:51,630 --> 00:38:52,630
I mean...
682
00:38:53,470 --> 00:38:54,506
We're going to have to
go back to Vegas valley.
683
00:38:54,530 --> 00:38:55,530
I mean...
684
00:38:55,830 --> 00:38:56,830
I want to.
685
00:38:57,700 --> 00:38:59,176
And maybe at the end
of the day, this is just not
686
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:00,400
the happening spot right here.
687
00:39:02,370 --> 00:39:03,770
We can't abandon this place.
688
00:39:05,070 --> 00:39:07,590
I did buy it, but the one thing
that I can say is that we can't
689
00:39:08,230 --> 00:39:10,390
afford to just shut this
down while we're, you know...
690
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,306
We got to take advantage of
all the sluicing hours we can get.
691
00:39:13,330 --> 00:39:14,946
How many gold weighs do we say
there can be improvement before
692
00:39:14,970 --> 00:39:15,970
we finally say,
693
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,520
"we need to get our asses
back to Vegas valley?"
694
00:39:18,870 --> 00:39:21,190
At the end of the day, I owe
Troy, you know, 100 ounces on
695
00:39:21,870 --> 00:39:24,176
this ground, so we can't just
walk away from it right now.
696
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:25,676
It's the only spot we're getting gold from.
697
00:39:25,700 --> 00:39:27,500
Does he care where the
100 ounces comes from?
698
00:39:27,870 --> 00:39:29,476
Because I'm telling you now,
you're going to get 100 ounces
699
00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:30,740
a lot quicker. You do the math,
700
00:39:31,430 --> 00:39:32,776
it doesn't make sense
to hit 1,800 ounces
701
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:33,800
by the end of the season.
702
00:39:34,030 --> 00:39:35,076
You know, it's going to take a while to get
703
00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:36,100
Vegas valley ready.
704
00:39:36,730 --> 00:39:37,876
So the minute we're
able to sluice down there,
705
00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:39,300
we will go there. That's a promise.
706
00:39:39,330 --> 00:39:40,570
I think we should go there now.
707
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:42,200
Well, that's too bad.
708
00:39:43,270 --> 00:39:44,470
I think there's gold here.
709
00:39:46,500 --> 00:39:47,770
I hope you're right.
710
00:39:48,770 --> 00:39:50,610
Definitely the pressure's
going to be on, man.
711
00:39:53,770 --> 00:39:55,800
Thanks, guys. I appreciate it.
712
00:39:57,170 --> 00:39:58,976
Yeah, this gold weigh is
better than last week, but it's not
713
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,520
as good as what lower Duncan could be.
714
00:40:01,130 --> 00:40:03,000
There could be 400
ounces in that pay pile.
715
00:40:04,070 --> 00:40:06,070
So, you know, for us to
try to reach 1,800 ounces,
716
00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:08,010
we need to be down there right away.
717
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,776
Well, the gold total for
the week, 22.3 ounces.
718
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:11,840
Yeah, three times as good.
719
00:40:12,530 --> 00:40:14,006
But the exciting thing is
we got the water license
720
00:40:14,030 --> 00:40:16,506
extension back on Duncan creek,
so we go back to Vegas valley,
721
00:40:16,530 --> 00:40:17,530
which is huge news.
722
00:40:18,130 --> 00:40:19,610
Now everybody's just arguing on when.
723
00:40:20,030 --> 00:40:21,346
They want to go there immediately,
724
00:40:21,370 --> 00:40:22,876
but the timing's just not right, you know.
725
00:40:22,900 --> 00:40:24,306
It's going to take a few
days to get that ready,
726
00:40:24,330 --> 00:40:25,576
and I'm not willing to stop getting gold
727
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,160
from lightning creek until it is ready.
728
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:29,406
So we're going to stick it
out here, and we'll be back
729
00:40:29,430 --> 00:40:30,430
in Vegas valley soon.
730
00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:41,470
- Hello.
- Hey, guys.
731
00:40:42,170 --> 00:40:42,976
How are you?
732
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,000
Here. How are you?
733
00:40:44,130 --> 00:40:45,130
Yes.
734
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:46,200
Good, good, good.
735
00:40:47,370 --> 00:40:48,670
Have a seat.
736
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:05,170
Yeah, I set up Harald.
737
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:06,800
- Yeah.
- We...
738
00:41:07,270 --> 00:41:08,830
Did some old timer tailings, didn't we?
739
00:41:09,130 --> 00:41:10,770
Might as well sluice it... sitting there.
740
00:41:19,370 --> 00:41:21,400
There's a little bit.
741
00:41:23,770 --> 00:41:24,770
I'll pour slow.
742
00:41:26,100 --> 00:41:27,770
There we go. One, two, three, four...
743
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:34,270
And a five, and a six,
and a seven, eight, nine...
744
00:41:34,830 --> 00:41:39,360
10, 11, 12, 13, 14...
745
00:41:39,670 --> 00:41:41,270
14.28.
746
00:41:41,830 --> 00:41:43,860
Worth nearly $50,000.
747
00:41:47,670 --> 00:41:49,100
I'm proud of you.
748
00:41:52,170 --> 00:41:53,930
So you wanna see what
comes from the Indian?
749
00:41:55,730 --> 00:41:57,460
So far, the early bird cut
750
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,070
is averaging 270 ounces a week.
751
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:02,800
Michael, ready to count?
752
00:42:04,770 --> 00:42:06,270
10...
753
00:42:06,770 --> 00:42:09,770
30, 40, 50, 100...
754
00:42:10,530 --> 00:42:14,000
110, 120, 170, 190...
755
00:42:16,430 --> 00:42:18,160
200, 210, 250...
756
00:42:18,730 --> 00:42:21,000
260, 270, 280, 290...
757
00:42:21,730 --> 00:42:24,960
310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 390...
758
00:42:27,830 --> 00:42:28,830
No.
759
00:42:29,330 --> 00:42:31,360
It's 398.18.
760
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,170
Worth almost $1.4 million.
761
00:42:35,970 --> 00:42:37,290
But I mean, you didn't make four.
762
00:42:37,830 --> 00:42:39,160
My god.
763
00:42:40,330 --> 00:42:44,000
Bringing the beets' season
total to over 2,300 ounces.
764
00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:47,206
You said at the beginning of the season
765
00:42:47,230 --> 00:42:48,230
that there were maybe
766
00:42:48,970 --> 00:42:50,746
some opportunities for
Mike as soon as he started
767
00:42:50,770 --> 00:42:51,930
getting gold out of the hill.
768
00:42:52,270 --> 00:42:53,470
So what's happening with that?
769
00:43:07,270 --> 00:43:08,570
- Yep.
- Bye.
770
00:43:10,270 --> 00:43:13,400
I do hope Tony will honor
what he said to Mike because
771
00:43:14,570 --> 00:43:16,606
he's been working very
hard to get this all sorted out,
772
00:43:16,630 --> 00:43:18,560
so he should get him set up.
773
00:43:19,370 --> 00:43:20,730
Honestly, Mike really deserves it.
774
00:43:22,470 --> 00:43:24,670
The frustrating part is I
think I have a better chance
775
00:43:25,930 --> 00:43:26,806
of learning to breathe through
my ass than I have of going out
776
00:43:26,830 --> 00:43:27,830
on my own.
777
00:43:27,930 --> 00:43:28,930
Whatever.
778
00:43:37,070 --> 00:43:38,670
- What's up?
- Yo, yo.
779
00:43:39,670 --> 00:43:41,170
Well, how did we do this week, Chris?
780
00:43:41,870 --> 00:43:43,770
Roxanne's just chugging away.
781
00:43:44,830 --> 00:43:46,830
Man, that was an unreal
pan down there at sulphur.
782
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:47,976
That pan was probably
one of the best ones
783
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:49,100
we've ever seen.
784
00:43:49,700 --> 00:43:50,700
It's up there. Top ten.
785
00:43:51,570 --> 00:43:52,600
I hate saying anything.
786
00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:54,876
I don't want to jinx anything, you know?
787
00:43:54,900 --> 00:43:56,100
Yeah, I'm pretty good at that.
788
00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:00,770
How's your juggling act going?
789
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:03,720
You know, it's keeping
me busy, that's for sure.
790
00:44:04,930 --> 00:44:06,306
We're going to start
out with you, with Bob.
791
00:44:06,330 --> 00:44:07,330
- How's that?
- Sure.
792
00:44:08,030 --> 00:44:09,310
Let's see how Bob did this week.
793
00:44:09,470 --> 00:44:10,470
Big Bob.
794
00:44:11,430 --> 00:44:13,700
At dominion creek, Tyson's
been running wash plant.
795
00:44:14,670 --> 00:44:16,470
Bob in the bridge cut,
where it's averaging
796
00:44:16,970 --> 00:44:18,870
170 ounces a week.
797
00:44:19,870 --> 00:44:21,170
Here we go.
798
00:44:21,770 --> 00:44:26,600
We got 20, 40, 60, 80...
799
00:44:27,170 --> 00:44:31,500
100, 120, 160, 180...
800
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:33,370
188.4!
801
00:44:35,270 --> 00:44:36,600
Nice.
802
00:44:37,470 --> 00:44:38,900
Not bad. That's a good weight.
803
00:44:39,470 --> 00:44:41,000
So Bob's chugging along.
804
00:44:41,900 --> 00:44:43,276
Brennan, you want to do a sluicifer here?
805
00:44:43,300 --> 00:44:44,600
- Go for it.
- All right.
806
00:44:45,270 --> 00:44:47,100
Sluicifer in the golden mile
807
00:44:47,770 --> 00:44:49,500
is pacing 200 ounces a week.
808
00:44:50,270 --> 00:44:53,970
20, 40, 60, 80, 100...
809
00:44:54,530 --> 00:44:59,560
120, 150... 180, 200...
810
00:45:01,500 --> 00:45:02,500
Holy!
811
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,870
232.1.
812
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:08,570
Wow! Holy!
813
00:45:09,130 --> 00:45:10,130
- Yeah.
- Nice.
814
00:45:10,430 --> 00:45:11,346
That's pretty cool, isn't it?
815
00:45:11,370 --> 00:45:12,370
Beautiful.
816
00:45:12,530 --> 00:45:13,810
That's a good week for dominion.
817
00:45:14,130 --> 00:45:15,660
420 ounces or something?
818
00:45:16,230 --> 00:45:17,230
That's a good number.
819
00:45:20,700 --> 00:45:22,870
And then there's Roxanne, Mitchell.
820
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:24,600
Whoo! She looks heavy.
821
00:45:25,570 --> 00:45:27,100
Let's see what we got here.
822
00:45:27,730 --> 00:45:28,730
- All right.
- Let it rip.
823
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:30,700
- Ready?
- Yep.
824
00:45:31,970 --> 00:45:35,100
Now it's time to find out if
Parker's move to extend the cut
825
00:45:35,700 --> 00:45:37,470
at sulphur will pay out.
826
00:45:37,770 --> 00:45:38,770
50...
827
00:45:39,670 --> 00:45:44,770
100, 150... 200.
828
00:45:45,330 --> 00:45:46,330
Yeah, keep going.
829
00:45:48,100 --> 00:45:50,870
- 250, a little bit more.
- Sick.
830
00:45:56,270 --> 00:45:57,870
300 right on the dot.
831
00:45:58,370 --> 00:45:59,670
Plus this.
832
00:46:00,430 --> 00:46:01,590
- We have another one.
- Whoo!
833
00:46:02,070 --> 00:46:03,406
It looks like it's got a little in there.
834
00:46:03,430 --> 00:46:04,430
Ready?
835
00:46:05,130 --> 00:46:06,930
All right, we're going
to keep adding to her.
836
00:46:07,100 --> 00:46:13,670
Here's another... 40, 80, 100,
837
00:46:15,570 --> 00:46:17,400
106.5.
838
00:46:21,770 --> 00:46:24,900
406.5 ounces.
839
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,170
- Ok, yeah, yeah!
- Atta boy, nice!
840
00:46:29,100 --> 00:46:30,900
Mitch, go ahead and
take everything up there.
841
00:46:32,030 --> 00:46:33,360
With just one plant,
842
00:46:33,970 --> 00:46:35,600
Mitch has nearly matched.
843
00:46:36,170 --> 00:46:38,070
Tyson's two-plant run.
844
00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:42,170
Dude that's a lot for one week.
845
00:46:42,830 --> 00:46:44,000
Yeah, so this week,
846
00:46:44,570 --> 00:46:47,870
our total is 827 ounces.
847
00:46:48,170 --> 00:46:49,500
Sick.
848
00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:51,570
Is that crazy or what?
849
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:53,200
I was not expecting that.
850
00:46:54,300 --> 00:46:57,000
827 ounces
851
00:46:57,470 --> 00:46:58,670
at record prices
852
00:46:59,270 --> 00:47:02,570
is worth $2.89 million,
853
00:47:03,630 --> 00:47:06,600
the most cash Parker's
ever banked in one week.
854
00:47:08,470 --> 00:47:10,170
That's Parker's happy face.
855
00:47:11,900 --> 00:47:12,900
There we go.
856
00:47:13,270 --> 00:47:14,270
800 ounces, dude!
857
00:47:14,830 --> 00:47:16,590
You've got to be happy
about that in a week.
858
00:47:16,700 --> 00:47:18,270
Yeah.
859
00:47:19,130 --> 00:47:20,330
I just hope we can keep it up.
860
00:47:20,500 --> 00:47:21,860
There's still so much season left.
861
00:47:22,100 --> 00:47:23,260
Good way to start it, though.
862
00:47:23,770 --> 00:47:24,576
- That's a good way to start it.
- -Yeah.
863
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:25,600
Thank you, guys.
864
00:47:26,030 --> 00:47:27,190
Cool. I'll bag this stuff up.
865
00:47:27,370 --> 00:47:28,370
We've all got to do.
866
00:47:30,770 --> 00:47:33,370
After several years of just
moving from the Indian river
867
00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:36,700
and getting set up and a lot
deeper ground on dominion,
868
00:47:37,100 --> 00:47:38,940
it's taken a long time
of stripping and... Prep
869
00:47:39,870 --> 00:47:43,000
and finally this season,
like I don't want to jinx it,
870
00:47:43,300 --> 00:47:44,970
but...
871
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:46,600
It's looking really good.
872
00:47:47,370 --> 00:47:48,906
We're coming out of the gates
running, so hopefully we can
873
00:47:48,930 --> 00:47:49,930
just keep that up, right?
874
00:47:50,670 --> 00:47:52,270
And then sulphur is just killing it.66100
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