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We've got more than 4,000
ounces, and we're not even

halfway through the season.

We have to, like,
focus on sluicing and hit

our 10,000 ounces this year,
particularly because the price

of gold's really good,
and nobody has a clue how long

it's going to stay that way.

Mining mogul Parker Schnabel
is on a tear.

Ten weeks into the season,
he's already stacked

$15 million in gold.

Now, he's shifting
into overdrive,

eager to take advantage
of the summer weather.

So we just have to make hay
while the sun shines

and run four plants.

Mitch and Brennan, now they're
running on the Indian River.

That's the next big pit
for Roxanne.

Of course, we still have
the two plants at Dominion

plugging away.

Tyson's doing really well
this year.

He's doing a very good job
of handling things at Dominion.

But we just have to
kick it into high gear.

This year is definitely
the most I've ever taken on

in my career,
and definitely pushing me

to my limits,
seeing what I'm capable of,

definitely keeping me busy.

On average, I'm working
from 15 to 16 hours a day.

But, man, am I tired!

- How are you?
- I'm good.

- How are you doing?
- I'm pretty good.

A couple things.

I want to get another plant
running in the Golden Mile.

I have two washplants
set up there.

Big Red,

I think we should try to fire
that thing up.

- Yeah?
- Like...

like, end of the week
or something.

I've already talked
to the mechanics.

They're starting
to work on her.

Let's see what happens
around here if we have

four plants running.

With the crew we got,
running three plants

on Dominion
is gonna be a stretch.

Like, I'm running like
a chicken with my head cut off

in between the two right now.

- With three, it's already...
- I know.

I know.

We're taking chaos
to a new level.

You're gonna have gray hair
by the end of it.

Right?

To bring in 10,000 ounces,
Parker wants to run

four washplants for the first
time in his career.

At his leased ground
on the Indian River,

Roxanne is pounding
through paydirt.

Ten miles north, at Dominion,
washplant Bob

is sluicing the Bridge Cut.

Two miles away, Sluicifer is
finishing off the first

11 acres of the Golden Mile.

Now, Parker wants Tyson to move
Sluicifer 800 feet to a new pad

to sluice the next
15-acre section.

To get through the pay as fast
as possible, Parker wants

to resurrect his old plant,
Big Red, and set it up

next to Sluicifer, doubling
his Golden Mile firepower.

The mechanics
are not gonna be happy.

Big Red screen deck,

the sluice runs,

and the prewash
need a lot of work.

And that's pretty much
what makes up a washplant.

And Parker wants it running
by the end of the week.

Yeah, this plant was
in really bad shape.

After last year and pieces
flying off of it,

the thought of even
rebuilding it surprised me.

Last season,
after 13 years hard mining,

Big Red suffered
a catastrophic breakdown.

Now, Parker's mechanics
need to resurrect her

in just three days.

Jordan, just hold it
there for one second.

OK, holding.

First up, attach Big Red's
refurbished hopper

where gold-rich paydirt
is fed into the plant.

OK, cable down
a little bit more.

- Whoa, hold her right there.
- OK, bolt one is in.

I would say Parker
has gold fever.

Gold prices are huge.
We had a year last year.

We got thaw in these cuts.
Get the payout.

Get gold while the price is
through the roof.

Now, Jordan, we got to go
ahead towards the screen deck.

We got to be careful
it doesn't come all at once.

It's not a super heavy lift,
but it's just super precarious

once we try to get these
third and fourth pins set.

We're trying to move it,

you know,
inches to get a pin in.

You know what, what's going
to be the safest?

Probably come along
that to this.

Exactly.
OK, let's do that, Just.

The issue we're having is that
right now we have this prewash

hung on these pins right here,

and this arm,
whole support arm,

is actually on two pins
on the bottom,

so this whole thing
moves back and forth.

So we're trying to move it
ahead to drop the four pins

in the front,

but when we do,
this is floating free.

There's a lot of weight here,
so if we don't control it,

the thing could just shoot off
into there.

Bill secures
the hopper's support arm

and inches it forward
to slide the hopper in.

OK, Jordan,
let's go down a little bit.

OK, hold her there.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.

There we go.
OK, it's in.

Went the best it could go,
but we still got

to replace the screens,
weld the plates in.

Impact rubber's
got to be bolted in

to finish off the structural.

- And then reassembly.
- If one thing goes wrong,

we're definitely
not gonna make it.

Right now we're dealing
with everyone running

at their maximum capacity.

I'd like to have
the double washplant pad

for Sluicifer
and Big Red done.

Sluicifer has a couple days
of pay left.

Gonna be out here till nine,
10, 11 o'clock

at night tonight.
Wake up at 5 AM.

and I'll do it all over again.

So, we have a lot of work to do
and not much time

to get it done in.

Ten miles south.

Like Parker,

King of the Klondike,
Tony Beets is

also running at a fever pitch,

hoping to cash in
on record-high gold prices.

Tony's already mined
$10 million in gold and wants

a lot more, opening up
his biggest cut ever,

the 46-acre Corner Cut.

To get through all this
ground, Tony's dropped

a million dollars
on a new washplant.

The faster we can get this
thing going, the better it is.

Tony has spent a lot of money
this year on new equipment

that is way more reliable
and does a way better job

at catching the gold.

I think we should
lift up the front.

It's a big investment,

but hopefully that will
pay for itself.

That's it.
Perfect.

The new 45-ton washplant is
the same model as Tony's plant

Sluice-A-Lot, one of
the biggest shaker decks

money can buy.

It can process 350 yards
of pay an hour.

It's going good.

Uh...

we got the conveyor next,
then we got the side arms,

- the supports for the sluice runs.
- - Uh-huh.

I'd say by the end of the day,
if everything goes well.

Sounds good.

Check on me later.

Yeah, no worries.

This season, Tony has
opened up more ground

on the Indian River
than ever before.

In the 22-acre Early Bird Cut,
his washplant Sluice-A-Lot has

nearly finished
chewing through its pay.

Once it's out, Tony wants
to move it upstream to run

his piggy bank,
the 17-acre River Cut.

Then, he'll bring in
his brand-new washplant

to sit side by side.

Together, bring in upwards
of $16,000 in gold per hour.

There's just one problem...

the River Cut is flooded.

Now we can put
this sideboom in place.

Foreman Cousin Mike brings
in their submersible pump,

capable of shifting
1,000 gallons of water an hour.

Yeah, it'll take a day
to drain this cut.

By that time, we hope to have
the other washplant set up.

Yep.

Yep.

It's pumping,
but the generator is surging.

Got to be at 60 hertz.
But it's not quite making it.

So we don't like that.

This is not good.

I'll fix this one.

Yo!

Troy.

Good to see you.

I wanted
to check in with you.

It's been a while.

We're approaching mid-season.

We've got that 100-ounce deal.

I'm not a bank.
I'm a businessman.

- I need the money.
- Yep.

Rick Ness is two weeks late
paying landlord Troy Taylor

a final $350,000 gold payment

to buy ground
on Lightning Creek.

I didn't see

any activity there at Lightning,
so I was just wondered

what was going on there.
- Yeah.

Lightning Creek started off
kind of slow.

We got the license extension

for the year to Vegas Valley.

I got to put my resources where
I know I'm going to get

the most gold.

With the gold sitting here that
we know is here, we kinda gotta,

we kind of got
to jump on that.

You don't really care where
the gold comes from, do you?

As long as we get that gold
in my pocket.

I'll have it to you
by the end of the week.

- No surprises.
- No surprises.

Only surprise will be
more gold.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Well, Troy wants his money.
I get it.

You know, he says he's got
a lot of money going out

and not a lot coming in.
Same here.

Got a lot going out,
not a lot coming in.

It's been a roller coaster,
if there ever was one of a year.

And we started the season off
with no water license,
nowhere to mine.

Ended up taking a huge gamble
and a big chunk of ground,

Lightning Creek, and going
back in debt.

And for the work
that we've done there,

there really hasn't
been much gold.

And that's wearing
on everybody, especially me.

But now, out of the blue,
we get a water license

here at Vegas Valley.

And we're not prepared for it,
but, hell, yeah,

we're coming back to it.

We know the gold's there.
We're going to go get it.

To get Troy 100 ounces
by the end of the week,

Rick plans to run a stockpile
of Vegas Valley pay

left over from last season.

Yeah, we've got a pile of pay
sitting there ready to run,

but our washplant's not ready.

Monster Red needs some work.

We just haven't gotten around
to fixing it because we didn't

know if we'd even be able
to use it this year.

There's water pouring out from
the backside of the feeder.

- Last season...
- waterline.

...Monster Red's main waterline
sprung a massive leak.

You're not going to like
what you see.

It's big.
It's like half the pipe.

This obviously got
caught by the bucket.

The line should have never
been there.

Waterline's in a spot

right behind the feeder,

right behind the grizzlies,

where boulders
the size of small cars

are coming off of.

Rick's tasked mechanic Ryan
Kent and his crew to cut out

the damaged area of pipe,
pull both ends together,

and clean to clamp it
back in place.

Kyle will get his chainsaw.
He'll chop that up.

We'll be able to yank it,
and we'll get it close enough

to put those together.

I hate doing
that band-aid,

but we're out of time
for this season,

- so we just can't run the plant till it's done.
- - Yep.

So, yeah, well,
I'll get the 460 over,

and let's hammer it out.

Just makes sense
to come back here.

We got a monster pile of pay
right there that would give us

a boost through the season.

Problem is,
we're short on time.

Gold's still owed to Troy,

so it's going to be
a patch job.

Honestly, we need to get
running pay.

Careful.

We are right on the edge
of that feeder.

We don't want to take too much
away from this edge right here

and weaken the bank.

Otherwise, we're going
to end up losing the feeder.

I just need to get
this rock out.

You feel good about cutting
right there?

- Yeah, that's fine.
- All right.

All right, make sure
you yell "timber."

Timber!

- That's good.
- That'll do.

I might be able to pull
from right here.

- Yeah, that's right.
- Right where I'm at.

We don't have to completely
uncover it, just loosen it

so we can pull it.

We are going to pull it about
a foot closer so we can get

our new connection put in.

Should we try going this way?

Oh,!

Oh, why is it
bent weird like that?

Oh, that definitely
has a crack right there.

There's a big hole in there.

Oh,.

We got to un-dig
the whole thing.

This is going to be
a pain in the ass.

Ryan's attempted quick fix
has created a bigger hole.

Now they need to dig up
the entire 200-foot-long pipe

to make the repair.

We're only going down
inches at a time here.

We've only got one clamp
to make this work.

Last thing we want to do
is put another hole

in a piece of pipe.

See, once it's pulled out
and exposed, we'll pull it

so we can get
our new connection put in.

That's it right there.

- Ah, this mess.
- This mess.

- So that's how it was buried?
- - Yeah.

So from the beginning,
this was amateur hour

when it was put in.

- Yeah.
- Yeah, it's bad.

At the end of the day,
it's not exactly tricky.

You just got to get it right.

I mean, the hardest part is
getting the two ends

to line up.

- That was close, Rick.
- We're touching.

Once it's close enough,
clamp it,

and then it's good.

I'm not too happy about

leaving the waterline
where it is.

That's why it got damaged
in the first place.

But unfortunately, we just
don't have the time

to move everything.

So we're just going to cut
some corners,

unfortunately, and have to be
extra careful to make it work.

And by doing that, we're going
to be able to save

a week's worth of sluicing.

- I think we're good.
- That's in.

Yeah, it closed right up, so.

I want everybody to take
pictures of where it's at,

so they remember.

We got the waterline fixed.

A bit of a pain in the ass,
but we got it done.

The next step is to get
the water pump down

to Lightning Creek because
we don't know if it's going

to hold until we put
pressure on it.

So we get that all hooked up,
and if it holds,

we're in good shape.
We can run Monster Red.

I think...

this might be the last load
of pay from the Pyramid Cut.

Hey, Kevin, you got a copy?

We just dumped the last load of
pay from the Pyramid Cut there.

The pay pile looks big,
but she won't last that long.

We've really got to crack
into that new ground and start

hauling pay as soon
as possible.

So we got
the Pyramid Cut open,

and we're running that pay.

But that is going
to run out soon.

So right now, I'm off to go
look where we're going

to start stripping next.

While his dad, Tony,
expands his empire,

Kevin Beets is struggling
to stay in the game.

Nearly halfway through
the season,

the sophomore mine
boss is short on crew,

short on gold,
and short on time.

The gold not being quite
as good as we had hoped

is making me a little hesitant
about a 2,000-ounce goal.

We're not hurting yet,
but it's definitely not great.

So we're going to have
to speed up,

be more efficient.

And the new cut, once we get
into there, we're going to have

to open it up pretty quick.

Otherwise, we're going to have
no pay to run, which means

no gold in the box, which means
no money coming in, which means

no bills being paid.

So better pick and ride,
I guess.

So we just have to figure out
what is going to be

the quickest, easiest, fastest

options.

There's only so many of those
that we got to pick from,

given what claims we have.

Just over the years, I just
kind of picked up from Tony

what to look for, because doing
it for a quarter of a century,

you're just naturally going
to learn some.

Kevin has identified a block
of ground 500 feet north

of his washplant setup.

Hmm.

This spot would probably
be it, honestly.

It's in the valley,
relatively flat,

really accessible,
because our plant

is just down the way.

I did do some test holes last
year, year before, and I got

15 feet down a thaw.
That's pretty good.

That-- that's something
we can work with.

This next cut is gonna be a big
decision because I hope

it's gonna take us through
the end of the season.

So, I really do hope
that it's gonna pay out.

I think we're going to call it
the "Sphinx Cut."

At Scribner Creek,

Kevin has spent nearly
10 weeks mining out

the three-acre Pyramid Cut,

and now has just a stockpile
left to run.

500 feet up the valley is
his new seven-acre Sphinx Cut.

He needs it ripped, stripped,
and down to pay

in the first section before
his stockpile runs out

in a week's time.

With no time to waste,
Kevin sends in operator

Tyler Potter and his biggest
dirt mover, the D10 dozer.

Oh,.
That's not good.

Starting to overheat,

and I'm not even
at the end of the driveway!

Yeah, this is...

this isn't good.

This is not good.

Kevin, do you copy?
Kevin, do you copy?

Go for Kevin.

I just made it past the gate
and this dozer

is already overheating.

Well,.

All right, I will come
have a quick look.

Yeah, 10-4, thanks.

At Scribner Creek, Kevin Beets
is racing to open up new ground

before his pay runs out.

But his only dozer hasn't even
made it out of the yard.

It is getting warm already.

OK, I'm gonna go
have a look.

All righty.

OK.

Not the most scientific,
but something's not cooling.

No.

So it has to be
something in the system.

Something internal.

So basically, this thing is
going to have to sit

until we can fix that,
because there's no...

Like, if you can't make it
the out of the driveway,

it's not going to push
the cut worth a.

- Yeah.
- All right.

If I can get you to just
babysit it, let it cool down,

try to limp it back to the yard,
I'll go talk to Faith

about trying to find
an alternate dozer, I guess.

- Sounds good.
- All right.

- Hey, Kev.
- Hey, Faith.

The dozer is
overheating, the D10.

I think we need to get
one of our own,

something a little newer.

OK, all right, uh...

there's a couple places
we can shop for.

And we do need it here ASAP.

Um...

even just looking at
our current options here...

getting it from the States
is gonna take weeks.

Ugh!

Alberta is gonna be
at least two weeks at best.

Yeah.

I don't think we can wait
the two weeks, honestly.

If we wanted it yesterday,
I would suggest

we start looking local.
- OK.

You have possibly
Parker, maybe?

Maybe.

And we could ask...

Tony?

Having Tony give you something,
it's always a loaded dice.

Is it time to roll the dice?

Ah,...

Well...

we're kind of stuck between a
rock and a hard place right now.

Yeah, we really
need a large dozer

real soon.

Yeah.

OK, I'll see what I can do.

Sluicifer's done.
It's down to pay.

We got our washplant
pad built.

Right now, we're ready
to drag Sluicifer

over to the Golden Mile.

Once we get Sluicifer up
and going, then we can put all

our focus into moving Big Red.

There's 24 hours in a day.

Zero of them are meant
for sleep.

After 10 weeks of mining,
it's finally time

for Parker's four-washplant
master plan to come to life.

You got boom up
and curl in.

And for foreman Tyson Lee,

that means it's double
plant move day.

OK, you're good.

First up, Sluicifer.

All righty.
Here we go!

Tyson uses the 480 excavator
to drag the 45-ton washplant

800 feet to a new pad

in the middle
of the Golden Mile.

It's a long drag over
to the Golden Mile.

We're just taking it nice
and slow and steady here.

If we mess something up,
we'll only have one running

washplant here at Dominion.

Holy!

This 480, it's struggling
to drag Sluicifer.

I don't know
what your thoughts are, Liam.

This thing is just struggling
to get it up the hill.

Yeah, we don't have time
to mess around.

It looks like 950 just parked.

Hey, Eric, mind if we trade
hose for, like,

20 minutes here?

Oh, for sure.

To add extra muscle,
Tyson brings in the big gun...

Thanks, man.
I'll get it back to you.

...Parker's 100-ton
950 excavator.

This thing is
an absolute monster.

This is the biggest excavator
we have on site.

But it's the first time
we've ever moved a washplant

with the 950, so...

let's see what it's got.

Oh, like nothing.
Look at this!

Making it look easy.

This is the reason Parker's
spent all this money

on this heavy equipment.
D11s, 950s, 750s.

Because it makes the job
a hell of a lot easier

and a hell of a lot faster.

Parker isn't messing around
this year.

He wants 10,000 ounces.
We're going to get it.

That's perfect, I think.

OK.

- Looks good.
- I like it.

So there we go.
We got Sluicifer into place.

Now it's time to go get
the SuperStacker in.

To make his four-plant setup
possible, Parker has spent

$175,000 on
a second-hand SuperStacker.

We've never used it before,
so hopefully it works,

because we're relying on it.

How we looking on the plant?

Try and line it up
the best we can here.

I would say keep going.

Pad's too short.

You up.

I don't have the brain capacity
for anything these days.

Do you think we should
pull it out?

I can nip that dirt out
of the way, and then we can

hook up to it and pull it down.

Might be the best thing, T,
at this point.

This SuperStacker is longer
than our old one.

Now that we have it on site,
we know that

we're having to modify
the dirt here

to make this pad work.

Days like yesterday go so fast,
and then days like today,

it's like putting in one piece
can take all day.

I almost feel sick.
I'm so tired.

That looks good,
and we're ready to pull.

Sounds good.

Well, here we go.

Now we should be able
to make her work.

Good there.

Lift away.

Well, we're going up.

Sweet.
Right on the money.

At the end of the day shift,
Sluicifer and its conveyors

are finally in place,
but Tyson still needs to set up

the waterline and pump before
firing up and moving on

to Big Red.

Hi.

Yeah, for sure.

Yeah, for sure.

No, yeah, for sure.

Yeah, for sure.

Call it and stuff.

OK.

Yeah, yeah.

Thank you.

Not my day.
I don't want to fail.

Definitely have never been
this tired before.

- Oh, hey.
- Hi, hi.

Oh, thanks.

Long week, tiring week.

Back at camp, Tyson
meets up with girlfriend

India Greenhalgh.

Trying to keep up to Parker.

- It's killing me.
- Hm.

Like, last year,
I was telling him,

"Are we going to ever run
four washplants?"

And he said, "Never.

We'll never run
four washplants."

Now is the time.
Gold prices are high.

He has the plants.
He has the feeders.

He has the conveyors.

Maybe you don't have
your sanity?

Yeah, maybe.
We'll find out.

Honestly, looking at you
right now, I'm just like,

"How are you gonna
get to October?"

Because you look
like October Tyson...

- Yeah, - ...
- which is pretty homeless and bagged.

Do you feel like you're going
to be able to carry on the way

that you have been this year?

I don't know.

A little sleep, wake up,
do it again.

- That should be good there, Tyson.
- - OK.

Parker's foreman,
Tyson Lee, is back at work,

setting up Sluicifer
in the Golden Mile

before bringing in washplant
Big Red.

There's still a lot of work
to be done here,

but one day at a time,
we'll get her.

We got to get the pipeline
hooked up, just putting in

the feeder, flip it over.

Love it!
Fresh setup.

Definitely ready to get
this thing going.

There we go.

Here comes the water.

We got dirt, baby.
And it's moving fast.

Oh, we're sluicing!
We're back to making money.

We're one more step
in the right direction here.

Sluicifer's up and running
in the Golden Mile, and I can't

wait to have two washplants
here running this paydirt,

because this is some good
material we're running here.

And this is what we need
to get 10,000 ounces.

- Looks good.
- Yeah, nice work, man.

- Good work.
- I'll be back.

Feels good to have one
washplant up and running,

but now it's on to Big Red.

Here comes Parker.

Hi.

- What's up?
- How much, you?

I just wanted to come check
out how things are going.

- How is all your people?
- Good, yeah.

They got an actual
night's sleep yesterday?

Yeah, we were just trying
to probably spend the last

bit of the day with...

Sluicifer here,
and then hopefully tomorrow,

Big Red's running too.
Hopefully.

- But good job, man.
- Thanks, man.

- Looks good.
- OK.

Tyson is definitely doing
a really good job,

but it's a lot for one guy
to take on.

Tony Beets is also working
on a two-plant blitz to boost

his gold production,

Sluice-A-Lot is out
of Early Bird Cut pay

and is ready to be moved
to its new home,

one mile away
to the now-drained River Cut.

Yeah, good.
We're ready.

Yeah, I had look at that.
It should be all right.

Cousin Mike will haul
the 45-ton washplant,

but unlike at Parker's,
Tony wants him to use

a D10 dozer instead
of an excavator.

Its 63-ton weight,
613-horsepower engine,

and low center of gravity
should make the move easier.

So we got a ramp here
we gotta climb up.

It's gonna be narrow, and
it's gonna be a turn behind it,

but we shouldn't get too
far ahead of ourselves.

I'm loosing traction.

I'm spinning tracks.

She's not happy.

Looks like there's some soft
material underneath the ramp,

so the dozer's sinking.

So that's all
working against me.

Uh...

I'll give it a go.

Yeah, there she goes.

Oh, we made it.

Yeah, plant move was successful.

It was-- took a bit,
but we got it in place.

We got it in place
in one piece.

That's what matters
by the end of the day.

We're still early in the day.

We'll bring in pipes,
pumps, water,

and then we will be sluicing
by the end of the day.

Well, all ready to go.

Yeah.

Let's do it.

Yep.

Perfect.

When you buy equipment
that is used,

you're rolling
the dice.

But we need that dozer ASAP.

Under pressure to open up
his new cut

before his pay runs out,

Kevin is turning to
the one man who might be able

to save his season.

We're off to Tony's.

I hear he's looking to sell one
of his dozers, so I'm gonna

see what he's asking for it.

A good deal would be anywhere
from half a mil to, like,

one mil depending
on how good it is.

But I'm hoping it's closer
to half a mil than anything else

that's way more in the price
range I can afford.

Not too bad.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

But dozer's all blown out.

I'm going to have serious
ripping real soon.

I gotcha.

Definitely could use one,
I'll be honest.

D10R, that's much
newer.

Do you know what the hours
on it are

or how old the machine is?

No, I've seen worse.

Do you mind if I give her
a start, see what
she sounds like?

All right.

I mean, she sounds
pretty nice.

I'd probably be foolish not
to buy this machine.

So, if the price is reasonable,

yeah, I'll have to grab it.

Heya!

What price we thinking for it?

Well, it does have
the thin tracks.

Like...

Hmm.

Well...

would you drop it down
to at least four?

OK?

OK.

That would be very
much appreciated.

Sounds good.

I think that dozer is going
to be just right.

Hopefully there's no surprises.

We didn't have the best of luck
with Tony's gear last year,

but I think it's going to be
a good buy,

especially at that
price.

Honestly, it feels pretty good
to be buying equipment instead

of just borrowing it from Tony.

Like...

"my , my problems,
my successes," as I like to say.

Six hours after doing
the deal, Kevin has his new

D10 dozer back at his yard
and ready to get to work.

- Hey, Tyler.
- Hey, Kevin.

The dozer that we bought off
of Tony, the D10R.

- You should be good to go.
- Perfect.

Whew!

Kevin's new dozer heads out
to the claim to finally start

opening up the Sphinx Cut.

It's definitely
crunch time right now.

Our big pay pile is definitely
dwindling down.

So I got to get this thing into
the cut, get her opened up,

start ripping some pay,
so we can start

getting another
mountain of money going.

400K is still a huge
chunk of change for the dozer.

But if you need it,
you need it.

nice.

Good to get this
down to the cut.

This pump here right now is
what's going to feed
Monster Red.

If we don't have a pump on
Monster Red, we won't get gold.

100 miles east, Rick Ness'
crew are racing to get gold

coming in from Vegas Valley,
where a pay pile could deliver

over a million dollars.

First step, setting up
washplant Monster Red.

Obviously, the road's going
to be slick.

It's raining.

You know, you damage a pump
on a haul, and then next thing

you know, we're out
three months.

So, it's pretty important that
we take care of this pump.

The water pump Rick needs
to feed water to Monster Red

is at his
Lightning Creek claim.

Now, his crew need to haul it
eight miles down dirt mining

roads to Duncan Creek.

Ready to head back and start
actually getting to work.

Good.

Well, let's get
to Vegas Valley.

- Let's go.
- All right.

Bailey, let Jesus
take the wheel.

- Yeah,.
- Oh, boy!

Extremely over the moon that
we can go back to Vegas Valley.

We know the gold's
good there, so.

The pump is the last piece of
the puzzle to get Monster Red

running, and could be sluicing
in probably two or three hours.

It's like the worst section
of road, right here.

Ugh.

You gotta be joking.

It's always something.

flat tire.

One of them days.

Five miles from Duncan Creek,
Bailey has blown a tire,

delaying Rick from getting
on Vegas Valley gold.

Oh, Bailey,

What a dip.

Now we're sitting on the side
of the road instead of getting

to Vegas Valley and getting
the plant set up,

so it just kind of sucks.

All right, pit stop
this.

Get this changed
and get the show moving.

Let's go!

- Got a gun?
- Uh, yeah, of course.

Teamwork makes dream work.

- We're done.
- Nice.

Let's get the
out of here.

Tire changed,

the crew continue on
to Vegas Valley.

Let's unload this thing.

Finally, we're here
in Vegas Valley.

We've got a pile of dirt
sitting, waiting.

This is the best dirt
we've ever run.

Bringing down the pump,
that's the last thing we need

to get Monster Red
up and running.

Get up, fire it up,
and that's it.

We throw dirt at it,
we get the gold.

Perfect.
That'll work.

Everything right now really
is riding on that repair

of the waterline.

If these guys didn't get
on there right, then, you know,

it won't handle the pressure,

it will spring a leak,
and then we got to start over.

If that holds, we'll be
sluicing here in an hour.

It's all turned
full circle here.

We had a terrible start,

but this is where it
turns around.

Put everything back together.
Fire up.

- If we got no leaks, we roll.
- I like it.

Hey, Ryan, you got a copy?

We are ready.

Just let it run at an idle,
and then we'll bump it up

- from there.
- OK, sounds good.

We got water.

You got water?

We also have no leaks.

Yeah, the clamp looks good.

I think we all feel
pretty good up here

that we got no leaks.

Let's go!

There goes Kyle,
first bucket.

After months of struggles to
get his water license,

Rick is finally back running
Vegas Valley pay,

the best ground
he's ever mined.

Rick figures we should have
about 300 to 400 ounces

sitting here from last year, so,

, it's pretty,
pretty exciting

to finally get this
through the plant.

Who knows,
there might be more.

We're definitely behind,
you know.

We're starting a lot later than
we should have on Vegas Valley.

We know the gold's good here,
so we've got this pile to run,

and hoping there's 400 ounces
in here is going to give us

a good boost.

And pay Troy off the 100 ounces
I owe him.

Everybody's excited to be back,
and so am I.

We had some heavy mods
done to Big Red.

It was resurrected
from the dead.

So now Jordan's hauling
Big Red up to the Golden Mile.

100 miles west,
Tyson's on a hustle

to get a fourth
washplant sluicing.

On its way to join Sluicifer
on the double washplant pad

is Parker's workhorse,
Big Red.

And he wants it running
by night shift.

We need to be as fast as
possible at setting stuff up.

We've gotten Sluicifer up.

Now we need to get
Big Red set up.

Then it'll really start
coming together here.

yeah, man.

Let's hook
these things up.

Get this off.

- Sorry.
- All good.

- Take her away, T.
- Yank this thing off.

Here goes nothing.

Bit more.

Good!

Now we can drag
Big Red in place.

Just got to get the plant in,
the sluice runs in,

and the radial stacker in.

It's a complicated jigsaw
puzzle here we're trying

to make happen.

So make sure we're putting
all the right pieces into play

when we need them.

This old washplant
has found us a lot of gold.

- There we go!
- I think Big Red's hungry.

Big Red has been bringing in
the ounces for over a decade.

Oh, ho ho ho ho!
That's it?

Yeah.

In its glory days, it ran up
to 180 yards an hour.

These sluice runs
have seen better days.

Walk forward
just the lightest bit, Eric.

Whoa.

Careful now.

- Perfect!
- Nice work, Alec.

I think we got her.
Big Red sluice runs are set up.

Let's get sluicing.

Here comes the water.

Let's get her back in action.

First bucket.

There she goes.

Plant number four!

Whoo!
We're on a roll here.

Now we have a fighting chance
of reaching 10,000 ounces.

Nearly halfway through his
season, Parker's master plan

for a $35 million
gold haul is finally

going full throttle.

Four washplants, sluicing
an incredible 1,000 yards

of paydirt an hour,
the most Parker has ever run.

Feels really good to have
Big Red going here for sure.

Pretty cool to see the double
washplant set up.

Put the gold in Parker's
war chest for him here.

Oh, we blew a line.

Oh,!

Oh,.
We blew a line.

Ah!

At the Golden Mile...

What happened, Kody?

...minutes after firing up,
Big Red's main waterline

has ripped off.

Oh, no!

Why did this come off?

It literally ran Big Red
all last year.

Yeah, Tyson, you're all good.

Nothing to do but to hook it
back up and try again, I guess.

I'll get a rod, we'll put that
in there.

I hope that doesn't
happen again.

So if you wanna be certain that
waterline does not come off

anymore, some old welding rods,
it's gonna be my little

makeshift safety to hold
this waterline together.

There, that little guy
will keep our handle

from coming off.

Our fancy welding rod
here holding it in.

With Alec's pin keeping
the waterline in place,

he can now clear out
the blocked prewash.

Everything's back running here,
so get some more dirt in there

and hopefully keep her going.

It's a nice setup.

- Do you have any big concerns?
- No.

Sweet.

Sorry, you have a lot more
reason to be tired than I do.

Good job, man.
Looks good.

Well,
thanks to everybody.

- A lot of work.
- Yeah.

So much work.

- Like, you can take a few days.
- Thanks, man.

- See you later.
- See you, dude.

Tyson's a bulldog.
He's incredibly effective.

This has been a big move,
and it's just hard

to coordinate all
of the moving parts.

It's nice to have guys that can
just get the job done.

With four plants,

we're cranking
through the dirt,

so that's what matters.

And we'll see if we can
keep up with them.

She's ready to go.

Tony's new washplant is
finally assembled,

and he's a step closer
to having two washplants

catching gold on Indian River.

The last thing is
to hand you the keys
to your new sports car.

The name.
Have you seen it yet?

Find-A-Lot.

We've got one up top,
too, for you.

We don't have to go far
with this washplant,

but the biggest challenge will
be getting up that hill.

It has to be solid enough.

It's gonna be steep,
but as long as it's solid

and I keep traction, then we
should be good on that one.

Cousin Mike needs to haul
the new plant 650 feet

onto a tight double plant pad,
avoiding Sluice-A-Lot,

then turn it 180 degrees.

My job is to get this plant
in place,

in one piece,
hook it up,

start sluicing,
and then keep sluicing.

I'm going to keep...

turning the washplant
without detaching it.

It'll be a perfect turn
and I'll end up straight

towards the edge and then we'll
push it as far to the edge

as we want it.

And then we can start
hooking up pipes.

Whoa!

Holy!

- Right in my way.
- What the!

sake.

You got to be careful
with that.

I almost swung my bucket
into the conveyor belt because

I didn't realize how
close he was getting.

It's pretty chaotic down here.

You never wanna hit anything
doing plant moves.

That would be the biggest
up ever.

The final task to get
Find-A-Lot on the gold

is to connect
water to the plant.

Sluice-A-Lot sits directly in
the path of the new water pipe.

The way it's sitting
right now,

we don't have enough room.

At Indian River, Tony is
racing to get his second

washplant fired up,
but he has a problem

with connecting Find-A-Lot
to the waterline.

Yeah, that's OK.

We got to lift up Sluice-A-Lot.

We got to shut Sluice-A-Lot
down for a couple of minutes,

lift it up.

So we want to go through
the frame of the washplant,

and then we can fire
that plant up.

Sluice-A-Lot's built-in
hydraulic jacks

lift the washplant,

giving Tony a tight gap

to slide Find-A-Lot's new
water pipe through the frame.

Watch that cable!

Get that cable out of there.

All right,
so, pipes are hooked up.

We got water.

We have pay over here,
excavator, operator.

So we are ready
to get some gold.

All right, two washplants
side by side.

Let's do this!

I think so.

Sure.

Why not?

Yeah, I want a washplant too!

For the first time this season,

Tony's running two washplants

at Indian River.

And with the gold his claim
is delivering this year,

it could be a record haul.

Ready?
Check it out.

Well, B, this is where
we get gold.

After a long week,
mechanic Ryan has some

welcome visitors, wife Rachel
and daughter Brinley.

- What do you think?
- I like it.

- You do?
- You like it?

You want one at home?

- No.
- Yeah, OK.

Too much work.

Well, let's go check it out.

This is where we get
our smaller gold.

That little box right there is
called the "nugget box,"

that's where we try to get
big pieces of gold.

When the plant's shutting down,
you'll see the sluice runs

basically are just packed
full of gold.

We'll see if I can find
a little bit in here.

Doesn't look like much,
does it?

That's what pays our bills.

It's all little gold in there.
Pretty cool, huh?

Mm-hmm.

Let's put it back in there.

You guys wanna go inside
and get something to drink?

Yeah!

So, how are things at home?

Same old, same old.

Every day, I just feel like
I'm a single woman back home.

We just do everything
just without you, so it sucks.

I mean, there's no, like,
easy way to put it.

You know me.
I need to vent to somebody,

and I just don't have that.

So it's nice to get up here
and see you.

You guys do
a huge sacrifice for me.

- Yeah.
- I really appreciate it.

Yeah...

It's tough.

You're letting me live
an opportunity and hopefully

- I can repay that.
- Yeah.

- Yeah.
- So.

What's all this?

Hello!

Hi!
How was your trip?

- Long, very long.
- This is for you.

Ooh!

We are doing a gold weigh.

Are you guys going to come in
and check it out?

- Sure.
- Come on in.

- Oh, hey, guys.
- Hi!

- Nice to meet you.
- Hi.

This is Rachel.

Hello, nice to meet you.

We're excited to be here.

I don't think we ever invited
anybody to our gold weighs.

- This was new.
- Aw, we're special, B.

Well, I don't know about
you guys, but I'm happy to be

back where we belong here,
Vegas Valley, right?

Can't wait to see what kind
of gold we're going to get.

Hopefully it's good.

You guys worked hard on it,

and we got 40 hours
of run time on it.

So, this is the first gold weigh
from Vegas Valley.

You want to count?

Hey, make sure you
say it loud.

- Kyle can't even count.
- Yeah.

Monster Red was running
for three days at Vegas Valley.

Ready?
Get it.

To pay Troy Taylor off
for Lightning Creek,

Rick needs 100 ounces.

40...

60...

70...

80, 83, 84...

100, and...

109.94.

Worth over $380,000.

Nice job, B!

Now just go put that
in the bedroom.

Dude, that's starting to look
more like a gold weigh.

We've got more than
what we've got all season.

Yeah.

Unfortunately,
it's gotta all go to Troy.

I owe him 100 ounces
out of that,

and then we own
that ground.

Good thing we got more
left of that pile.

We should be able to do another
one of those at least next week,

and that's a good
start towards our goal,

you know what I mean?

We've got a lot
of dirt to move,

a lot of ground
to make up.

You guys ready for it?

- OK.
- Yep.

- Hell yeah.
- We're all here.

- Cheers!
- All right.

Hopefully the first of many.

Yeah.

Well, it's, uh...

good to get the first gold
weigh out of Vegas Valley,

but we've got a hell
of a lot more to go,

so I know everybody's excited.

All we gotta do is work for it
and we'll get it.

Hello, I come bearing gifts.

I'm the only one
carrying.

Anyways, how is it going
on the-- in the Indian?

Yeah, it looks good,
and it's nice.

It's a nice setup.

So I guess we only got gold
from Sluice-A-Lot

and Find-A-Lot.

So far, Tony's one
Indian River washplant

has been averaging
300 ounces a week.

By adding a new washplant,
he's hoping to double

his weekly score.

OK.

First up, Find-A-Lot's two-day
run in the new River Cut.

All right.

5, 10, 15, 20,

30, 40, 50,

60, 70, 80...

Ooh!

84.86.

Worth almost $300,000.

That's not bad.

Next, Sluice-A-lot's gold from
three days in the River Cut.

10, 20...

30, 40, 50, 60, 70...

80, 90, 100, 110...

124.82.

Worth over $435,000.

Finally, Sluice-A-Lot's gold
from the last of the pay

at the Early Bird Cut.

20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70,

80, 90, 120, 140, 150, 160...

172.44.

Worth over $600,000.

Yay!

And that's three days,
so that's not bad.

3280,

is halfway his goal,
with just one plant.

Might have to up
your goal for the year.

Tony's weekly total is worth
over $1.3 million,

enough to cover the cost
of his new washplant.

And now he's primed
to double his gold.

Well, you keep saying you're
taking it, but it's all mine.

Need help?

- Hey, guys.
- How you doing?

Not too bad.

It's good to see you guys.
I haven't been here in a while.

Yeah, we just finished
the Pyramid Cut.

So now Kev went to look
for a new cut,

named it the "Sphinx Cut."

The what cut?

Sphinx.

Oh...

That dozer that we bought
off you worked very well.

But anyways, it worked out
for you, buying our Cat, so.

It's right down,
actually in the cut right now,

the Sphinx Cut, clearing out
the first top layer.

You got some gold this time?

Gah!

To pay off Tony's D10 dozer,
Kevin and Faith need

120 ounces, but so far,

they've averaged just
21 ounces a week.

Let's weigh it up.

20...

40...

60, 70...

90, 110, 130...

142...

142.22!

Worth just under
half a million dollars.

Biggest gold weigh yet
this year.

So where are you now
with your gold weighs?

So far we have roughly
around 330 ounces.

Hopefully we can catch up

so that we can get
to our 2,000 end goal.

And washing.

Well, then we're off.

See you guys later.

See you.

Still a long way
to 2,000 ounces,

but I'm feeling
a lot better...

- than I was.
- Yeah.

Though we do have
a long way to go,

so we should probably
get back to her.

Allons-y!

- Go find a hot spot for me.
- I will try.

- Oh, yeah.
- No worries.

- Hey, hey.
- Hi.

It's time for
Parker's first-ever
four-plant gold weigh.

Dude, it sounds
like you had a busy week.

Two washplant moves?

Yeah, it's a tiring week, man.

That's brutal.

Cool seeing both of them
side by side again.

It's nice to have the mayhem
contained to one place.

Yeah.

Hopefully it paid off.

We'll work our way
to that one, yeah.

Well, Roxanne's
performing well.

That's good.
Takes a big thermos.

All right, let's do it.

First up, Roxanne,
foreman Mitch's plant that ran

for seven days
at Ken and Stuart's.

80...

140...

180...

...198.3 there.

- A whole bunch of nuggets.
- Chunky ground.

- This came out of that thing.
- No way!

Wow!

am I good
at stripping cuts?

So that brings us
to a total of 204.2.

- Wow.
- Worth over $700,000.

- Nice.
- That's sick.

Ain't that something.

Those are some
nice nuggets too.

Yeah.

We got Bob here.

Big Bob.

Next, washplant Bob,

the first of three washplants
under Tyson's charge.

See how the Bridge Cut did.

20...

40...

80...

120, 160, 180...

200...

229.65.

Worth over $800,000.

- Nice.
- Solid.

Yeah.

We got Sluicifer.
See how it did.

Next up, Sluicifer,
fired up in its new position

in the Golden Mile
three days ago.

100, 120...

140...

170, 174.85.

Worth nearly $600,000.

Sweet!

Big Red's first gold
of the season.

Seems a little light, Doumitt.

Finally, Parker's
fourth washplant,

resurrected Big Red,

which ran pay
from the Golden Mile

for just over a day.

40, 60...

61.15.

Worth $200,000.

That's not bad for the short
amount of time it was running.

No, really not.

We've never ran four plants
before, so that's cool.

Last week we had 710.5 ounces.

This week,
with four washplants going,

we have 669.85.

We're halfway through
the season, and right now

we're at 4,921.5 ounces.

Parker's four washplants have
produced $2.3 million

worth of gold in one week.

Well, hopefully next week after
they spend more time running

- and less time getting moved...
- Yeah.

- ...those numbers will increase.
- Perfect.

- Thank you, guys.
- Thank you.

Yeah, buddy.

You know, four plants going
here at Dominion,

which is great, and we're
halfway to our season goal,

but, man, am I tired.
I need some sleep.

Good to close up.