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(Transcrito por TurboScribe.ai. Atualize para Ilimitado para remover esta mensagem.) We've got more than 4,000 ounces, and we're not even halfway through this season.

We have to focus on sluicing and hit our 10,000 ounces this year, particularly because the

price of gold is 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 for plants.

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

That's the next big pit for Roxanne.

And 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 in

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 of things.

I want to get another plant running in the Golden Mile, have two wash plants set up there.

Big red, I think we should try to fire that thing up.

Yeah?

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 going to 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 going to have gray hair by the end of it.

Right?

To bring in 10,000 ounces, Parker wants to run four wash plants for the first time in

his career.

At his least ground on the Indian River, Roxanne is pounding through pay dirt.

Ten miles north, at Dominion, wash plant Bob is sluicing the bridge cut.

Two miles away, Slucifer is finishing off the first 11 acres of the Golden Mile.

Now, Parker wants Tyson to move Slucifer 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 Slucifer, doubling his Golden Mile firepower.

The mechanics are not going to be happy.

Big Red screen deck, the sluice runs, and the pre-wash need a lot of work, and that's

pretty much what makes up a wash plant.

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.

Okay, holding.

First up, attach Big Red's refurbished hopper, where gold-rich pay dirt is fed into the plant.

Okay, cable down a little bit more.

Whoa, hold her right there.

Okay, bolt one is in.

I would say Parker has gold fever.

Gold prices are huge.

We had a *** year last year.

We got thawing these cuts, get the pay out, get gold while prices 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 a 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 was going to be the safest?

Probably come along that to this.

Exactly.

Okay, let's do that.

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.

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

Okay, hold it there.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

There we go.

Okay, 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, and if one thing goes wrong, we're definitely not going to make it.

Right now we're dealing with everyone running at their maximum capacity.

I'd like to have a double wash plant pad for Slucifer and Big Red done.

Slucifer has a couple days of pay left.

Going to be out here till 9, 10, 11 o'clock at night tonight.

Wake up at 5 a.m. 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 yet.

Ten miles south.

Right now, with the price of gold this crazy, it is a great time to be Tony Beets, I'll tell you.

Like Parker, king of the Klondike, Tony Beets, is also running at a fever pitch, hoping to cash in on record high gold prices.

I can always get more gold. I may not always be able to get this price.

I suggest you get your s*** together and get as much of it as you possibly can because you don't want to waste it.

Tony's already mined $10 million in gold and wants a lot more, opening up his biggest cut ever, the 46-acre corner cut.

The corner cut is so f***ing big that it's going to take us a while to get down to pay.

Not only that, a fair amount of it is frozen.

So we got the river cut down there that we cleaned up last year, so that's ready to go.

So it buys us a little bit of time so that we can get the corner cut ready.

You got to have ground ahead. You cannot shut down for 14 days because you weren't ready.

You got to be f***ing ready.

To get through all this ground, Tony's dropped a million dollars on a new wash plan.

We knew a sluice box was arriving today, so that'd be pretty exciting because then we'll double production right there.

And I mean, with the way gold prices are, boy, what an opportunity it is.

Make some money, as they say. Double the trouble, double the gold, right?

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 of catching the gold.

So 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 wash plant 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.

How's it going, Jeff?

It's going good.

Good. How long do you think it's going to take to fill the whole thing?

We got the conveyor next, then we got the sidearms, the supports for the sluice runs.

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

So you go do yours, I'll go do mine, and we'll get them together and we'll be in business.

Check on me later.

All right. Thanks, Jeff.

Yeah, no worries.

Hopefully we get it together. I'm going to move Sluice-A-Lot. That'll be awesome to see them run side by side.

This season, Tony has opened up more ground on the Indian River than ever before.

In the 22-acre early bird cut, his wash plant, 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 wash plant to sit side by side.

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

There's just one problem. The river cut is flooded.

We've got to make a hole for the pump, get rid of all the dirt.

So we're going to put the pump in, and then we'll pump the water down,

and then it should be pretty much good until we're completely finished with this cut.

Now we can put this side boom in place.

Foreman Cousin Mike brings in their submersible pump,

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

It'll take a day to drain this cut by that time.

We hope to have the other wash plant set up.

So we'll hook the cables to it.

We'll fire the gen set up. Off we go.

You got it all in tight?

Yep.

Tight?

Yep.

Good. Fire the **** up. Let's see what happens.

Yep.

It's pumping, but the generator's hurting.

It's got to be at 60 hertz, but it's not quite making it.

So we don't like this.

****

You may not want to do that.

****

This is not good.

Nobody hurt. No big deal.

Just pay attention next time. That's all.

I'll fix this one.

Great.

So Mike just shorted out a couple of wires on the gen set.

There was a bare spot on it. He didn't know. I didn't know.

So then when you touch the **** inside, kapow, right?

But you know what? That can happen.

It's pumping.

The cut should be dry in the morning.

This will be moving the box tomorrow.

So it should just nicely match up.

By the time we get the box moved, the cut is dry.

We'll have a drain in.

You'll be ready to roll.

Yo.

Troy.

Can I see you?

Wanted to check in with you. It's been a while.

We're approaching mid-season.

Got that hundred ounce deal.

I'm not a bank.

I'm a businessman.

And here's 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 wondering what was going on there.

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 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.

He says he's got a lot of money going out, 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.

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

Ended up taking a huge gamble and a big chunk of ground on Lightning Creek

and going back in debt.

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 the 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.

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

but our wash plant'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.

F***ing water line.

Monster Red's main water line 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 f***ing caught by the bucket.

The line should have never been there.

Water line's in a f***ing 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 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 f***ing bandaid, but we're at it anyway.

We're out of time for this season, so we just can't run the plant until it's done.

So, yeah, 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 needed it running pay.

Be 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 rack out.

You feel good about cutting right there?

Yeah, that's fine.

Alright.

Make sure you yell timber.

Timber!

That's good.

That'll do.

I might be able to pull from right here.

Yeah, that's fine.

Right where I'm at.

We don't have to completely uncover, 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, ****!

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 undig 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.

The 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.

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, right?

We're touching.

Once it's close enough, clamp it, 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 solution.

I think we're good.

That's mint.

Yeah, it closed right up.

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 Montserrat.

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 Beetz 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.

It's making me a little hesitant about 2,000-ounce gold.

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 s***.

Kevin has identified a block of ground 500 feet north of his wash plant setup.

This spot would probably be it, honestly.

It's in the valley, relatively flat, really accessible because our plant is just down the s*** way.

I did do some test holes last year, the year before,

and I got 15 feet down of thaw, that's pretty f***ing good.

That's something we can f***ing work with.

This next cut is going to be a big decision because I hope it's going to take us to the end of the season.

So, I really do hope that it's going to f***ing 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 3-acre pyramid cut

and now has just a stockpile left to run.

500 feet up the valley is his new 7-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

in his biggest dirt mover, the D-10 dozer.

Oh f***, that's not good.

It's 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?

Yeah, I can get it.

Oh, he's made it past the gate and this dozer is already overheating.

Wow, f***.

Yeah, it worked, actually.

At Scribner Creek, Kevin has spent nearly 10 weeks mining out the pyramid cut.

Kevin Beetz 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.

And it's getting warm already.

F***.

Actually, let me go have a look.

All righty.

Okay.

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 f*** out of the driveway, it's not going to push the cut worth a f***.

Yeah.

All right.

If I can get you to just babysit it, let it cool down, try to live 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, Gab.

Hey, Faith.

The dozer is f***ing overheating, the D10.

I think we need to get one of our own, something a little newer.

Okay.

All right.

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 going to take weeks.

In Alberta, it's going to be at least two weeks at best.

Yeah.

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

If we want it yesterday, I would suggest we start looking local.

Okay.

Yeah, possibly Parker.

Maybe?

Maybe.

Yeah, we could ask.

Tony?

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

Just time to roll the dice?

Ah, f*** that.

Well, we're kind of stuck in a rock and a hard place right now.

Yeah, we really f***ed.

We need a large dozer real f***ing soon.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'll see what I can do.

Slucifer's done.

It's out of pay.

We got our wash plant pad built.

Right now, we're ready to drag Slucifer over to the Golden Mile.

Once we get Slucifer up and going, then we can put all our focus into moving Big Red.