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Troy's been, uh...
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bugging me about
his final payment there
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on Lightning Creek,
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and I got 100 ounces
of gold in a jar,
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so I'm going to go pay
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it to him right now and kind
of get him off my back.
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44-year-old Rick Ness is
betting on himself.
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He's purchasing his second
gold mine, Lightning Creek,
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expanding his Keno empire
to 3,600 acres of ground.
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- How you doing, Troy?
- Good.
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Good to see you.
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What's going on?
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Yeah, I brought you some gold.
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You know, I wasn't trying
to jerk you around or nothing,
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so there's 100 ounces in there.
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Oh, right on.
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Yeah.
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I'm assuming
there's 100 ounces in here.
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- I'll go away as soon as you...
- Oh, yeah, yeah, I know.
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I know, I know, yeah.
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But, yeah, no, there's
100 ounces in there, yeah,
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and, you know, with today's
gold prices, that's a chunk,
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so, yeah, it's looking good.
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Yeah, this is
the final payment.
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You're on your way, so you're
off to the races, so good luck.
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All right, good doing
business, as always.
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OK.
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It's good to have that
off my back.
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I always like paying off debts.
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Lightning Creek,
we haven't made it pay off yet,
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but I know we will.
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It's an asset for the future,
and it's an option,
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so it's a good day.
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For now, Rick's new claim is
an insurance policy.
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For the foreseeable future,
he's focusing his operation
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on Vegas Valley,
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a spot that paid out
nearly 800 ounces
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last year.
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But his water license expires
in just four months.
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I just really got to hope
that we hit our $1,800 goal.
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We're running what's left
of last year's stockpile.
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I know there's
a lot of gold there,
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because we need a lot
after I spent all that money.
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Good news, though,
is that we got the Vegas Valley
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water license extended
this year.
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It came out of nowhere,
but I'll take it,
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you know, right back
where we want to be.
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We know the gold's there.
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But at the end of the day,
it's only good till November.
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So we really got to get as much
gold out of Vegas Valley
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as we can, 'cause we don't know
if we'll be able to come back.
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Got this Vegas Valley stockpile.
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It's probably 300 ounces
in this pay pile,
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but we're burning through it
pretty quick.
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Rick's crew are running
a leftover pay pile from last
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year and now have to get
back on paydirt
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at the bottom of the cut.
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I don't really want to shut
Monster Red down now that we're
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getting the gold, so I'm going
to go out and talk to Bailey.
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We just need to get
to the bottom of Vegas Valley
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ASAP.
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What's going on?
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I don't know if you've seen
the pay pile,
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but it's going fast, and...
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It always does.
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A week max is what we've got
to run through the plant.
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And it might be
only five or six days.
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With the late start that we're
getting, it's pretty important
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that we keep
that plant running.
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Yeah, I know.
I hear that.
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In this spring, you did a good
job at Lightning Creek.
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You opened that up quick.
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So I need you to do
the same thing, right?
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Get back into Vegas Valley,
open her up,
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and just do what you do.
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Is it realistic to think that
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you could get pay up there
before that pile's gone?
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I think we can do it,
build a new road.
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- Yeah.
- We should be able to,
for sure.
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That's what I want to hear.
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If we need another road,
you can work on that?
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- Yep.
- OK.
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We've got a week.
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All right,
let's burn some teeth.
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Good man.
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Last year, Rick's crew
moved a mountain
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to open up Vegas Valley.
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Digging down 160 feet,
they removed
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more than one million yards
of dirt before they hit pay.
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Over winter,
Vegas Valley flooded.
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Rick has drained the water,
but the road into the cut
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has washed away.
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Now, to get back down
to the pay layer, Bailey must
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build a new 500-foot road down
to the bottom of the cut
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and start pulling pay
before Monster Red
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runs out of its stockpile.
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To get the job done in a week,
Bailey needs all three
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of Rick's working rock trucks.
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What the [bleep]!
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Why the [bleep]
won't this thing start?!
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Hey, Ryan, you got a copy?
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You want to come over here
and take a look at this
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rock truck?
It won't even turn over.
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Sounds good, thanks.
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All the lights turn on,
everything, and you go
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to start it and it
doesn't even turn over.
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All right, Kai.
We'll do some tests on it.
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We'll get it figured out.
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Thank [bleep] Ryan's here.
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I'm going to hop in this truck,
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and, uh, while
he's fixing that one,
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so that we can keep
the trucks rolling.
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Until Ryan can fix the problem,
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Rick's down
to just two rock trucks.
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You know, It's on me, but it's
on the rock truck drivers, too.
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They got to move the material
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just as quick as I gotta,
you know, load them.
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Oh, for [bleep] sake.
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Now what did you do?
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Well, shut the truck off.
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Your hydraulic tank
just [bleep] fell off.
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Not a good day to be
a rock truck.
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After a second rock truck
craps out,
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Bailey's left with just one
truck to build the road.
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I'm just sitting here
burning fuel.
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His hopes of finishing
the Vegas Valley Road
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before they run out of pay
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are getting slimmer
by the hour.
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- Dude, that's bad.
- Yeah, it's bad.
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He's lucky those six bolts
up there are holding.
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Otherwise, he would have
just ran the tank over
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and it would have been bad.
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Here's your three bolts
right here.
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Somehow, every one of those
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sheared off.
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I don't think it's driver
abuse by any means.
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I just think
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either these were coming loose,
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and once one came loose,
the other started moving loose.
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These are the original trucks
I started with.
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about seven years ago.
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I don't see any damage.
Tank's fine.
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But I don't recommend
we run it.
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[Rick[ It's just another hit.
It's not good.
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We've got rock trucks down
and we've got a hell of a lot
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of dirt to move out
of Vegas Valley, so...
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Hopefully,
Ryan can get it fixed quick
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and get back to business.
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Midway through his season,
the king of the Klondike
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has already banked
half his season target,
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$11 million worth of gold.
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Tony's tearing through
his Indian River claim,
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which has delivered
1,000 ounces more gold
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than this time last season.
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To keep up momentum,
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he's now opening
the Corner Cut,
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which he believes holds up
to $20 million worth of gold.
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Tony's in a rush to get down
to paydirt,
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because at the River Cut,
his double washplant setup
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is churning through
pay at record speed.
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If the River Cut is done
before he's pulling pay
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from the Corner Cut,
Tony will have to shut down.
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There's just one problem.
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The 950 is currently
at Paradise Hill
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being used by son Mike's crew.
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Go ahead, go ahead.
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[bleep] sakes.
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That 950 is a beautiful piece
of equipment.
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I'm actually very angry
about this, because the 950
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is a bulk hauler.
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I was hoping to get sluicing,
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but that's not going
to happen.
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This is more wasted time.
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To hold the 950 40 miles
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from Paradise Hill
to the Indian River,
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Tony's crew need
to first remove
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the boom and stick
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then load them
along with the body
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onto two heavy-duty lowboys.
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Now we're pulling
the main stick pin out and then
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all the weights off that,
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we'll be able
to flip the boom up,
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swing it around and pull
the next piece.
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Give her a good pull.
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Went out of alignment there
a little bit.
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Hey, no bucket.
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Don't do that.
Just back up.
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Just ask you guys
to get out of the way,
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because it might
break here.
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Stand back,
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Holy [bleep]!
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The excavator shifted
a little bit,
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and that pinched
on the pin
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So, I think the press might be
the option for this.
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So, I'll hang this thing
from my crane,
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and I can pressure
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this up
with the hydraulic pump,
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and it's got quite a bit
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of force to help
pull that pin out.
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I'm going to be irritated by it
taking this long, but nothing
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I can do to change that.
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We've broken it loose there
where it was pinched up,
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so we're just going to give it
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a try with the loader,
speed things up.
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Lift the boom
out of its place,
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set it down, lock the 950
on a trailer, and away it goes.
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When Tony's around,
it definitely
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kicks everybody into gear.
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You don't want to be standing
around with your hands
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in your pockets
when Tony's around here...
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As I'm standing around
with my hands in my pockets.
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After losing 16 tons removing
the stick and boom,
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the 950's body
still weighs 84 tons.
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Regular trailer, you just
walk it on, chain it down,
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and away it goes.
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This one, you gotta block up
underneath the excavator,
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and then lift up the trailer,
and then pray that it lifts up
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the hull high enough
to drive it.
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Tony sets off first,
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transporting the boom and stick.
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Darren follows behind
with the body of the 950.
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Tony Beets is hauling his 950
excavator from Paradise Hill
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to Indian River.
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But 20 miles out, he's lost
contact with driver Darren.
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Hello, Tony.
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I don't think so.
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Still, like, probably
40,000 kgs on the back.
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Tony's only option?
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Walk the excavator, which has
a painfully slow top speed
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of 2.7 miles an hour,
the 20 miles to Indian River,
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delaying his plans to get
to pay in the Corner Cut.
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Tyson was going to pull
a stripping crew out
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of the Bridge Cut to come do
fine tailings, and I was like,
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"Man, just...
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throw me in a hoe and
I'll buy you a couple shifts."
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Parker Schnabel is back
in the saddle with his eyes
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on a 10,000 ounce,
35 million dollar prize.
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I still enjoy getting
in machinery, but I just don't
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have the time to do it anymore.
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My job has changed massively.
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And, um...
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It's important that I do what
I think is the most critical
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issue at hand, and it's just
that the size the company is
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now, it's that never is like,
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"Oh, I need to be in that piece
of equipment doing that job."
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Midway through the season,
Parker is closing in
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on 5,000 ounces,
half his season goal.
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The biggest issue that we're
going to have, I think,
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which is the only thing
I'm really worried about,
250
00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,790
is having enough
sluicing capacity.
251
00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,520
There's a lot of sluicing
left to do.
252
00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:46,350
For the first time ever, Parker
is running four washplants--
253
00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:51,390
Big Red, Sluicifer,
and Bob at Dominion Creek,
254
00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,080
while Roxanne works
at Ken and Stuart's
255
00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,030
on the Indian River,
256
00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,440
where Parker needs
to produce 2,000 ounces,
257
00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,480
a fifth of his season goal.
258
00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,920
At the Indian River,
there's definitely, you know,
259
00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:09,990
a massive amount of dirt moving
that needs to happen.
260
00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:14,360
If we don't focus on that,
we don't meet the target.
261
00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,720
Foreman Mitch Blaschke is away
for the next two days.
262
00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:28,080
So it's all on acting foreman
Brennan Ruault to keep
263
00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,600
the gold rolling in
at Indian River.
264
00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,680
We're trying to get a massive
pay pile, so that way we have
265
00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,400
time to take care
of other things.
266
00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,160
So the work has never stopped.
267
00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,160
So we got to keep everything
rolling down here
268
00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:43,360
as efficient as possible.
269
00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,560
We just got to keep
this plant running.
270
00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,550
We've got a lot of pay to chew
through here, and as long
271
00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:56,280
as we keep it going, we'll all
have nice, happy bonuses
272
00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,000
at the end of the year.
273
00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:10,110
[bleep]!
274
00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:11,910
Why isn't that
shaker deck going?
275
00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:30,680
[bleep]!
276
00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,470
- Brennan got a copy?
- Hey, buddy.
277
00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,710
- What's going on?
- Hey, man.
278
00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,480
The shaker deck
just stopped going.
279
00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:44,440
You've got to be joking me!
280
00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,750
Genny's on.
Breaker's on.
281
00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,310
- Nothing happens.
- OK, buddy.
282
00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,800
I'll get us some mechanics
as quick as I can.
283
00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,800
I do not want to see
that plant down.
284
00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,200
We have way too much ground
to get through here.
285
00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,560
They need to be down here
making this paid pile.
286
00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:11,520
Brennan calls in father
and son mechanics Bill Horton
287
00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,880
and Justin Driessen
to investigate the breakdown.
288
00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,910
The overload protection is
shutting it down.
289
00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,910
Why?
We're not sure yet.
290
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:25,600
So we've got to just start
testing wires and find out
291
00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,030
if there's an overload
on a certain wire,
292
00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:29,760
a certain leg.
Lots to check.
293
00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,880
We went through all the wiring.
294
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,040
We pulled a lot
of the connections apart,
295
00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,590
put them back together.
296
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,840
OK, Jus,
let's give her a whirl.
297
00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,920
Maybe we'll put these covers
back on and we'll try
298
00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:45,040
some dirt through it.
299
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,270
- OK.
- Ready?
300
00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,400
- OK?
- Yep.
301
00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,510
Bill tests the flow
of electricity,
302
00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:57,990
measured in amps,
303
00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,790
driving the shaker motor.
304
00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,640
Well, right now,
she's shaking, so the amperage
305
00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,200
is a little bit higher
than we wanted.
306
00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,840
We're at 42, 43 range.
307
00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,520
We only really
want to be at 35.
308
00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:20,040
Right now,
everything is running.
309
00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:24,280
Pretty happy right now,
310
00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:25,760
so I'm just hoping
this happiness
311
00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:27,560
can last all day.
312
00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,600
[bleep]!
Failed again.
313
00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:38,560
You got water coming out
of the bearing?
314
00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:43,080
I think we finally found
the cause of the problem.
315
00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,630
OK, you're good,
you're good, you're good.
316
00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,110
We have a hole right through.
317
00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:51,920
Dirt's been in there
quite a while,
318
00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,270
so those bearings
will be toast.
319
00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,110
Pull up and pull
this shaft out.
320
00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:58,160
Sick.
321
00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,600
Roxanne's shaker deck gets
its rocking motion
322
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,320
from a rotating shaft inside
a metal cylinder
323
00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,240
with counterweights
at each end.
324
00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:12,150
Bearings reduce friction
as the shaft spins.
325
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:16,680
Over time, a rock has worked
its way under a guard plate,
326
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,990
and after years of vibrating
in the same spot, the rock has
327
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,840
worn a hole into the cylinder,
letting in water and dirt,
328
00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,150
partially seizing the bearings.
329
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:32,080
To fix the problem,
the bearings have to be removed
330
00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,320
the shaft pulled out,
331
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,590
the hole welded shut,
332
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,520
the shaft re-inserted
333
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,590
and new bearings fitted,
334
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,350
before it can be fired up
335
00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:45,000
and start sluicing again.
336
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,640
Bill and Justin begin
by removing the bearings.
337
00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,270
Glad my knee
wasn't under that.
338
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:56,680
There's brass in the water.
339
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:58,920
Oh, yeah,
the bearings are done.
340
00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:03,910
Wanna swing it out
and I'll wind it down.
341
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,800
- OK, ready?
- Mm-hm.
342
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,390
The process is repeated
on the other side.
343
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:16,590
We got it.
344
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,920
Next, they pull out
the 2,000-pound shaft.
345
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,640
You're going to pick now,
346
00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:25,760
so go ahead.
347
00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:37,360
There we go, buddy.
348
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,350
We got a shaft out
on the ground.
349
00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:41,790
Every hour the plant is down
350
00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:47,000
Parker is losing over $4,000
in gold production.
351
00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:49,400
We've got a lot of work
ahead of us right now,
352
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,560
and we really don't have
time for it.
353
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,590
Any downtime is going
to kill us right now,
354
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,070
you know,
and that's what's scaring me.
355
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:57,280
Hopefully we'll have it fixed
356
00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,280
so when Mitch is back,
we're running full tilt.
357
00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:02,800
Downtime's the biggest killer
this time of year.
358
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,470
We're running what's left
of the stockpile
359
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:21,870
from last season.
360
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,070
It's nice that we had that,
but it's going to run out soon.
361
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:29,270
Rick Ness is chasing
a potential $1 million payout
362
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:33,600
from a stockpile,
while his crew race to get
363
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,710
to pay at the bottom
of Vegas Valley
364
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,960
before it runs out.
365
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:39,840
The linchpin in the plan?
366
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,830
Rebuilding the road that
descends 50 feet into the pit.
367
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,070
I made a promise to Rick that
I could do this road and try
368
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,030
to get down here
as quick as we can.
369
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:49,990
I'm worried that we're not
gonna make it down to pay,
370
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,240
and they're gonna run out
of pay before I can get there.
371
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,430
With just one rock truck
at his disposal,
372
00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:00,710
Bailey's chances of getting
the job done are slim.
373
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,750
Right now, with no trucks,
374
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,510
it's not helping us
get down there.
375
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:05,710
Now it's crunch time,
376
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,590
and we need
to get moving.
377
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:08,760
And I don't want to fail Rick.
378
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,230
Kai just went to go start
his truck and said
379
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,030
everything powers up,
but when he turns the ignition,
380
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:17,230
he's got nothing.
381
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,040
Mechanic Ryan has been
382
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:23,640
struggling to get two downed
trucks back up and running,
383
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,440
and has finally
made a breakthrough.
384
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,920
Basically, what somebody's
done here is they have
385
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:35,920
spliced the igniter wires
on the relay together.
386
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,710
Basically, what that igniter
wire does, it sends a signal
387
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,200
down to the relay
on the starter
388
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,200
and tells the starter,
"hey, it's time to engage."
389
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,160
It looks like somebody's put in
a couple splices,
390
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:45,280
cut the wires off,
391
00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:48,350
and decided that was gonna be
an easy fix.
392
00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:49,360
So...
393
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:54,480
What we'll do
is fix their splice
394
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:55,990
and see if it starts.
395
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:57,040
No big deal.
396
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:06,880
All good.
397
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:10,150
Halfway there.
398
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,760
We got the wire fixed.
399
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,150
This truck fires up.
400
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:15,840
Looks like we got our hands
full with the next one, though.
401
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,790
This tank right here is
hydraulic and then brake fluid.
402
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:26,280
The three mounting bolts
right up top
403
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:27,800
have completely sheared off.
404
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,190
Years of abuse.
405
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,270
The bolts, you know,
they'll sit there and wear
406
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,040
and wear and wear,
and eventually you hit one
407
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,640
good bump, and there's
plenty of them out here,
408
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,280
and now that tank is down, so...
409
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,270
I'm gonna need
to lift this up and press it in.
410
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,790
Try to get my main spacers
and bolts put in up here
411
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,120
that connect to the frame,
412
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,520
once we get this up and
in position
413
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,400
with three bolts in.
414
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,760
All the other equipment
is way up on the hill,
415
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,560
so no need to bring more
manpower down here.
416
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:57,990
I'll just try to wing her.
417
00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,870
I'm the only mechanic
on the crew.
418
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:01,600
It's a lot of stress.
419
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,310
What a brace.
420
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,440
I think it might work.
421
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:10,760
This one's it.
Done.
422
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,670
That's good.
All right, that's it.
423
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:15,870
Everything's bolted down.
424
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,720
This truck's ready to hit back
on that monster cut.
425
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,760
- Bailey, you got a copy?
- Yeah.
426
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,000
Hey, man, good news.
427
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:25,960
We got that hydraulic tank
remounted up, so it's going
428
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,840
to be another truck
in your rotation.
429
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,560
yeah, Ryan,
that's great, man.
430
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,880
I'll be able to finish this off
a lot quicker now.
431
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,680
All three trucks now
back in the field,
432
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,070
Bailey has a fighting chance
of finishing the road
433
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,440
before the stockpiled pay
runs out.
434
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:52,520
Hey, Rick, you got a copy?
435
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,360
Copy, Kyle.
436
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,160
Yeah, we're almost
out of pay here.
437
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:00,830
Is that all the pay
that's left right there,
438
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,200
that little pile?
439
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:03,880
Probably five more buckets,
not even.
440
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:06,590
I was kinda hoping
you were hiding
441
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,230
some somewhere else
or something.
442
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:09,990
You got to make a decision here
443
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,910
and figure out what the hell
we're going to do.
444
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,320
We need some pay up here
pretty soon, or we're going
445
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:17,600
to be shutting down the plant.
446
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,110
Bailey, give us an update
on what's going on down there.
447
00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:25,360
Well, this is going to take
a lot longer than expected.
448
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,600
And the trucks being
broken down,
449
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,480
there's way too much work
down here.
450
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,480
That's great.
That's it.
451
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:36,880
Didn't make it.
452
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:39,600
We didn't want to have
to shut it down,
453
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,030
but that's where we're at.
454
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:42,280
We're out of pay right now.
455
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:48,840
With only 190 ounces so far
this year,
456
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,880
Rick's forced to shut down
457
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,110
while the crew continue
to build the road...
458
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:55,350
Hit the bypass.
459
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:59,110
And pray the stockpile
pays out big enough
460
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,720
to keep him in business.
461
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,190
Yeah, it's not a good feeling
shutting down Monster Red
462
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:06,790
this time of year,
especially when we don't know
463
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,000
when the next
round of pay is coming.
464
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,390
We've got a lot of work to do
to get the 1,800 ounces,
465
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:11,400
I'll tell you that.
466
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,710
So when do you think
that 950 will come in?
467
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,960
- Have you heard yet?
- We need it today.
468
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,000
We need it yesterday.
469
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,830
At Indian River,
Tony Beets crew
470
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:41,840
are in desperate need
471
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,760
of the monster 950
472
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:45,680
to help strip
the Corner Cut.
473
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,280
It's been a long and slow
journey to get this
474
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:52,640
to the Indian River.
475
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,920
Into his eighth hour driving
the 950 to Indian River,
476
00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,310
after the lowboy carrying it
broke down,
477
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,070
Tony's his grandson,
18-year-old Eagan.
478
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,550
It's nice to be getting
involved with it all.
479
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,160
It's my fifth year
running equipment.
480
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,310
I can run a little bit
of everything,
481
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:12,560
mostly excavator, though.
482
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,070
Morning.
483
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:20,240
Good.
484
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,590
Sure.
485
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:27,710
Since the age of 13,
Eagan has learned the ropes,
486
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:31,280
running machinery
under Tony's watch.
487
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,480
Yeah.
488
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,790
Before he can deliver
the 950 to Indian River,
489
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,760
Eagan has one final obstacle.
490
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:04,280
Yeah.
491
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:13,240
Yep.
492
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,830
Tony Beets's grandson,
Eagan, is almost done
493
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,430
with his epic 10 hour journey
494
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,320
to deliver the family's
950 excavator
495
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,840
to the Corner Cut
on the Indian River.
496
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:10,840
We'll get it there eventually.
497
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:12,000
Slow and steady.
498
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:50,440
Yeah.
499
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:54,560
Yeah.
500
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,910
Now, two days behind schedule,
501
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,480
Tony needs the 950 reassembled
502
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,870
and in the Corner Cut fast.
503
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,150
Finally, the 950 arrived
from Paradise Hill.
504
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,790
Tony said to put it together as
fast as possible because we had
505
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,280
a lot of trouble to get it
over here.
506
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,920
This piece is just shy
of 21,000 pounds.
507
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:35,680
It's going in.
508
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:38,200
Whoa!
509
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,390
Just a tiny bit more.
Whoa!
510
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,560
That's good there.
511
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,400
She is all the way home.
512
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,030
Someday everybody
gets lucky, huh?
513
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:52,390
The boom is connected.
514
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:53,960
So, now we're going to connect
this thing.
515
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:01,680
OK, just...
516
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:04,800
Yeah, it's ready.
517
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,720
Oh, yeah!
Oh, yeah!
518
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,720
- Yeah, that's right.
- There we go.
519
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,160
For the last step,
Tony and Eagan attach
520
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,600
the 10-yard bucket.
521
00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:24,480
I'm 6'6", so you can
see how big it is.
522
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:30,120
Not really, but that's what
the girls like, isn't it?
523
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:53,590
Yeah.
524
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,550
Tony's race to open
the Corner Cut
525
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,840
is now in overdrive.
526
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,870
Things have been going
really good down here
527
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,120
at Ken and Stuart's.
You know, Parker has...
528
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:57,950
big goals for this season.
529
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,150
There's just a lot of sluicing
that's gotta happen
530
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,320
if we're gonna
get all this done in time.
531
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,030
At Parker Schnabel's
Indian River claim,
532
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,600
foreman Mitch Blaschke is back
from a couple of days away...
533
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,000
Why aren't we sluicing?
534
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,110
...to discover Roxanne
isn't sluicing,
535
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,120
thanks to its bearings failing.
536
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:21,680
Well, buddy, that's
not the way we want
537
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:23,150
to see a washplant.
538
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:24,720
That's not the way I wanted you
to come back either.
539
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,720
And I leave for two days to go
see the family and come back,
540
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,160
and you got
a broken washplant, buddy.
- I know.
541
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,110
We just need to try and get
everything set up the best
542
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:36,240
we can so once we start this
thing, we can just get rolling.
543
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,440
- Why did you break it?
- It wasn't me, buddy.
544
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:40,560
- Ah!
- How do you like it?
545
00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:46,390
We got our
bearing housings all ready,
546
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,720
and hopefully they're going
to drop right in.
547
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,480
Having removed the shaft
from Roxanne,
548
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:55,520
mechanics Bill and Justin turn
to fitting the new bearings
549
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:56,880
into the housing.
550
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,750
When they stick,
it is a major catastrophe.
551
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,120
But there's an issue...
552
00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:06,190
The bearings are about 1,000th
of an inch larger
553
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:10,040
than the housing,
and won't slide into place.
554
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:11,400
Let's do this.
555
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,640
That's gonna be hot.
556
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:20,430
To make them fit,
Bill and Justin first freeze
557
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,440
the bearings, shrinking them
in size, before heating
558
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,680
the housing to 450 degrees.
559
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,350
You heat up your housing,
which will make it expand,
560
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:34,120
and then you cool your bearing,
which will make it contract.
561
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:36,790
In doing that, you can buy
yourself enough space
562
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,160
to drop this in.
563
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,790
You've got about
15 to 20 seconds
564
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:43,960
to try and get
that bearing in
565
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,400
before it starts
to warm up and expand.
566
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:49,200
It is a one-shot deal.
567
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,630
There's always stress
because a one wrong move
568
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:56,030
will cost us
a $5,000 bearing.
569
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,710
If this doesn't work,
Roxanne could be out of action
570
00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:04,550
for weeks and cost Parker
millions in lost gold.
571
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,910
Yeah, we're almost there.
572
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:08,800
OK, I'll shut this one off.
573
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:11,240
You can keep that one going.
574
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:35,840
There we go.
575
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:39,480
There's one, little buddy.
576
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:42,200
This one is successful.
577
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:45,960
And that's how we like
to do them.
578
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:47,120
Now you can see it thawing.
579
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:50,760
One more.
580
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,710
Whew.
581
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:07,830
Well, little buddy,
it's a happy day.
582
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,070
- You can have your freezer back.
- Thank you.
583
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:13,920
Yeah, groceries are
coming tomorrow.
584
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:22,800
Hell yeah!
585
00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:26,440
You know, out of all the years
we've been doing this,
586
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,800
this is probably one
of the biggest breakdowns
we've ever had
587
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:30,200
on a washplant.
588
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,840
And, you know, it's taken a lot
of time here to pull this thing
589
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,320
apart, fix it,
get it all back together.
590
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,000
The bearing is seated safely.
591
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:40,800
Tarp's coming off.
592
00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:45,160
The big question is,
how's she going to shake?
593
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,750
- She's all you.
- Can I get to do the honors?
594
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,710
You can.
595
00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:50,760
Here we go!
596
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:58,640
- Sounds good.
- Sounds good.
597
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,040
Sounds nice and quiet.
598
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,630
This washplant
is ready to go!
599
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:13,830
The shaker deck looks great.
600
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:15,520
The sluice runs are running
really nice here.
601
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,120
So I think Roxanne is back
as good as new.
602
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:20,710
And we got ourselves
a mound of paydirt.
603
00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:22,510
Time to get through it,
turn it into some gold,
604
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,350
make up for some lost time.
605
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,110
After two days down
606
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:30,160
and losing over
$200,000 in production,
607
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,040
Roxanne's back in the game
608
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:36,400
and can keep delivering
for this week's gold weigh.
609
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:40,200
Nice job, man!
610
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,430
How's four washplants
treating you, Chris?
611
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,070
Oh, it's a little bit hectic.
612
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,480
I'm curious to what it's going
to be like when you get
613
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,520
a full week's run
with no breakdowns?
614
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:04,870
Dude, yeah.
615
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,520
I can't leave you alone
for five minutes, man.
616
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,870
My toes still black
from that rock you threw at it.
617
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:13,550
Surprisingly,
that's the first time
618
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,440
we've had any sort
of problem like that...
619
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:18,710
in 13 years.
620
00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:20,830
That was definitely
one of the biggest.
621
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:23,560
We are very fortunate to have
really good mechanics here.
622
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:24,950
Yeah.
623
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,200
Well, it sounds like you guys
had all the fun we needed
624
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,000
for the week,
because things up here
625
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,230
went just fine.
Nothing to report.
626
00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:37,240
Roxanne has a few hours on it
down at Indian River.
627
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,880
In their first week of running
four plants,
628
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,680
the crew hauled in 669 ounces.
629
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:47,350
20, 30, 40...
630
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:51,400
Ooh, 49.6.
631
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:52,950
Got to run to make gold, man.
632
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:54,350
Yeah.
633
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,040
At least there's something.
634
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,640
Now, the gold
from Dominion Creek.
635
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,040
Bridge Cut.
Bob, let's see how it did.
636
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,720
20, 40, 60...
637
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:07,430
100...
638
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,470
130, 140...
639
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:12,350
147.05.
640
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:13,910
That's not bad.
641
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:15,910
Yeah, then we got
the Golden Mile.
642
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:17,560
Those are the two
plants, right?
643
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:18,990
Well, here we go.
644
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,920
Next, the combined gold
from Sluicifer and Big Red.
645
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,550
60...
646
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:29,000
100, 130, 160...
647
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:33,080
230, 232.05.
648
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:34,270
yeah!
649
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,790
This week, we have
428.7 ounces.
650
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:41,630
Worth just over $1.5 million,
651
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:45,710
but over 200 ounces less
than last week's haul.
652
00:42:45,720 --> 00:42:50,360
Last week,
we had 669.85 ounces.
653
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:52,150
- Significant drop.
- Yeah.
654
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,160
But season total, though...
655
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:57,550
is 5,350.25.
656
00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:58,830
Wow!
657
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:00,760
So we broke the halfway mark.
658
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:01,840
That's good.
659
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:03,360
- We're up and running.
- Yeah.
660
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:05,790
It's just going to be nice
to get four plants
661
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:07,590
going full-time.
662
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:08,760
Which is going
to be hard to do.
663
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:10,830
You know.
664
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:12,630
We won't leave Brennan
home alone anymore.
665
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,310
Yeah.
666
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:15,320
All right, thanks, guys.
667
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:16,440
Good job, you guys.
668
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,470
Let's double this
next week, eh?
669
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:19,720
Sounds good.
670
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:24,470
How we're going to manage
to have as much uptime as we can
671
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:26,320
with this many
washplants running,
672
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:27,720
um...
673
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:29,520
you know, that's going
to determine our gold total
674
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:31,830
at the end of the year because
we have tons of ground open.
675
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:34,440
So the whole name of the game
is keeping washplants running.
676
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:35,720
And this week is a pretty...
677
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:38,590
poor example of that.
678
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,830
But I don't think it's,
679
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:42,280
you know,
I don't think it's, like,
680
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:43,840
a systematic issue on our part.
681
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,040
I think we'll be able
to keep things running.
682
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:48,160
We'll see.
683
00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:58,070
Hello.
684
00:43:58,080 --> 00:43:59,200
Ready?
685
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:02,000
Yeah, we're ready.
How are you guys ready?
686
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:06,800
The 950 finally got here.
687
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:16,440
My dream is to see all my kids
operate on one big line.
688
00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,110
OK, Monica,
did you bring any gold?
689
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:31,960
Ten...
690
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,990
Tony's two plant blitz
on the River Cut churned
691
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:36,990
through pay without stopping.
692
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:42,240
And last week, Sluice-A-Lot
delivered 297 ounces alone.
693
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:48,000
290, 300, 319.06.
694
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:49,160
That's not bad.
695
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:51,480
Now, should we see
if Find-A-Lot,
696
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:52,640
found a lot more gold?
697
00:44:55,800 --> 00:45:00,670
Brand-new plant Find-A-Lot
produced 84 ounces of gold
698
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:03,350
from two days
running last week.
699
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:05,960
...30, 40, 50, 60, 70,
700
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:09,710
80, 90, 100, 120...
701
00:45:09,720 --> 00:45:12,760
160, 180, 200...
702
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:14,830
h240, 280...
703
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,590
300, 330...
704
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:21,430
339.68!
705
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:23,270
With just two plants,
706
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:26,510
Tony's hauled in 658 ounces,
707
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:29,640
worth over two and a quarter
million dollars.
708
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,320
It's his biggest gold weigh
of the season,
709
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:37,080
and brings his total
to 3939 ounces.
710
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,360
When's the last time
you got a new shirt?
711
00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:47,560
I think everybody should
go back to work.
712
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:50,960
You go for it.
713
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:02,520
- That pay pile was huge.
- Yeah, it was.
714
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,630
Rick thought 400 ounces
was going to come out
715
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:05,750
of that pay pile.
716
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:07,680
Even though we only got
110 ounces last week,
717
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:11,150
but maybe we'll get a little
bit more this week.
718
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:13,080
So, Bailey, how'd you do
with getting pay this week?
719
00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:17,950
There is no pay this week
because someone had to keep
720
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:19,960
breaking trucks, so I couldn't
reach my goal.
721
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:21,190
You have one job.
722
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:22,600
It's to drive trucks,
not break them.
723
00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:24,870
It was a task that I thought
I could accomplish,
724
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,030
but at the end of the day,
there was a lot more material
725
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:29,470
there than I expected.
- That you could see.
726
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,630
- Oh, you guys are cozy.
- What's going on, Rick?
727
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:33,920
- I snuggled right in.
- What's up, dudes?
728
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,640
After pivoting back
to Vegas Valley,
729
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:38,110
Rick's eager to find out
730
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:39,950
how much gold was left
731
00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:42,760
in the pay pile
from last season.
732
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:44,480
So, the nice thing is that
733
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:45,920
it didn't quite fit
into one flask.
734
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:49,240
So, there's 100 ounces there,
and we got a bunch in here.
735
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:51,560
Here we go.
736
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:59,960
10, 20, 30, 40...
737
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:06,120
50, 60, 70, 80, 90...
738
00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:08,720
110, 120...
739
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:14,910
135, 140...147.4.
740
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:16,560
- Ooh.
- Nice.
741
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:21,160
Rick's weekly total is 247,
742
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:25,590
worth $866,000,
743
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:28,600
his biggest gold weigh
of the season.
744
00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:32,070
- That's way better.
- One week, that's good.
745
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,400
That's, it's shy of 400,
but not by much.
746
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:35,640
No.
747
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:40,880
Rick's season total
is now 437 ounces.
748
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:42,830
You've obviously proven
that there's gold in the bottom
749
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,510
of that hole.
750
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:46,320
Bailey just needs
to dig that out.
751
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:49,070
We got to get to pay, get
to it quick, get to it safely.
752
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:50,320
We've been there before, but...
753
00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:53,150
- We've always finished strong.
- Yeah.
754
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,000
You guys know what it's going
to take, a lot of work,
755
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:56,550
but I know you're up for it.
756
00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:57,550
Thanks for trusting us.
757
00:47:57,560 --> 00:47:59,150
Absolutely.
Thanks for trusting me.
758
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:00,240
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
760
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:03,760
- Man down!
- Man down!
761
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:04,880
Cheers.56668
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