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The Golden Goose is here.

Washplant number five.

Right on.

New toys, man, new toys.

Hopefully it lives up to its name.

I ordered a brand-new plant, the Golden Goose.

It's going to do more yardage than any of the plants

we have here.

It's going to have a good recovery rate, and it's

brand new, so it should have really good uptime.

It's coming at a very good time because we have a lot of

sluicing to do, and this plant, I'm sure, it's going to get

the job done.

Parker Schnabel is trying to claw back lost time.

After pulling the plug on his biggest producing cut,

the Golden Mile, his gold numbers

have plummeted.

Now, to get back to full capacity, he's spent a million

dollars on a new washplant, the Golden Goose.

I'm looking forward to getting that thing built and fired up.

Get the ATM back up and rolling.

As far as firing a fourth plant up goes, Sluicifer's ready

to fire back up,

but we're actually not going to.

We're going to park it for the season.

We'll finish up on Dominion with the Golden Goose,

plus Big Red in the Golden Mile.

At his main property, Dominion, Parker is finally

coming to the end of a three-week mission

to mine out the Golden Mile.

They're just about done hauling all the pay out

of the Golden Mile, put it in big piles,

sluice the pile, super simple.

What's the worst that can happen?

Parker's crew are removing the final bit of pay left

in the Golden Mile

and building two giant pay mountains 4,000 feet apart.

Parker has already got Big Red sluicing one mountain.

Now he wants to clean out the cut,

fire up the Golden Goose,

and hit full tilt by the end of the week.

Every rock truck is being used to try and get every single

last bit of pay out of the Golden Mile.

We're going to need to move really fast here.

That's for sure.

We've got a lot of pay still in the Golden Mile, so we've

just got to focus on getting that out so we can start

sluicing with Goose.

You know, it's a lot of work setting up a new washplant,

and Parker wants this new plant sluicing yesterday.

Well, guys, what do you say we put her together?

Once this thing's good to go,

I think we've got a job for her.

The Golden Goose will come to the rescue.

Yeah.

Helping build the Golden Goose,

washplant expert, Jeff Turnell.

This plant's got to run a lot of material.

There's a few upgrades that we've done.

We got the sluice run extensions,

that was an add-on that Parker wanted.

We've done some modifications to the deck to make it better,

to make it more efficient, so it's faster in the field.

Hey, guys.

My plan right now is to lift the main plant up.

We'll put the skids underneath it and slam in the pins.

Throw the hopper on the conveyor,

and then it's just a bunch of little pieces to turn it

into a plant. - Sounds good.

Get this thing shaking.

First, attach the hydraulic skids, the foundation

for the 45-ton washplant.

You can go up, Jordy.

Going up.

OK, we're in the air, guys.

This is one of the most stressful parts

of the whole process.

We got a 45,000-pound plant here.

Everything's hanging on cables,

bouncing off to different lifting devices.

The crane

and the loader here, trying to get these pontoons lined up.

You're talking less than a millimeter.

I'll be so happy when these pins are in

and this thing is sitting on its own feet.

It's drifting, so let's get her done.

I'm at max weight for this crane to pick one end

of this plant.

Boom drifts when it's at max.

OK, let's just not mess around and let's just put it

under now. - OK.

There. That's good.

Damn, it's great there. Where's that pin?

- Jordan, down just a smidge? - Yeah, a little more.

- It's creeping quick. - Oh, yeah.

Oh, [bleep].

It's kind of a [bleep] trying to line

pins up when it's drifting.

Get ready.

OK, guys, we're lined up.

Yeah.

Hit it, hit it.

OK.

OK, let's get this one in.

Hit it.

There it is.

That's that side, but we're getting there.

Let's try that.

There it is.

OK.

Give that a hit.

Perfect. Hard part done.

As Jeff and the mechanics bolt on the remaining

washplant pieces...

We are really up against it right now.

...Parker's mining crew hustles pay a third of a mile

to the giant pay mountain.

If we don't get all this pay out on time, then,

you know, I'm sure Parker's not going to be a very happy man.

Ah, [bleep].

Looks like the guys are moving Golden Goose already.

We are under a lot of pressure here.

The race is on.

We've got to get this pay out as soon as possible.

We've got to get this new plant together in record time.

We're dragging Goose into place, into its pad.

But they're still working

on getting the pay out of the Golden Mile.

Can't have that brand-new washplant

sitting there doing nothing,

and we really need to get it catching some gold for us,

so we've got to get the pay out of the hole.

Start turning towards the front of the pad.

OK, thanks, John.

That's good. Keep going a bit more.

You've got two feet on the other side.

That'll be good.

[bleep] yeah.

- Well, thanks, dude. - Good work, Tyson.

Now we have a lot of pay stockpiled here

for Golden Goose.

Hopefully we can get it fired up here.

We're down a quarter of our sluicing capacity,

so we have no time to waste.

King of the Klondike, Tony Beets, is living

high on the hog.

Last week, he blew past his 6,500-ounce goal,

amassing $23 million worth of gold.

And with over a month left of the season, he's still got

big plans.

Heh.

Wounded Moose is four miles

east from Tony's Indian River claims

and just one mile south of the land he leases

to his son Kevin.

The 2,400 acres of partially mined ground

is a turnkey operation,

coming with a trommel,

excavators, and a camp.

Tony believes his new purchase could deliver

up to $200 million in gold.

But he hasn't tested it.

Tony Beets has taken one of the biggest gambles

of his life, spending $4 million

on new ground, Wounded Moose,

without testing it.

Oh, yeah. There's lots to do here.

Cool. That works out perfect.

Am I?

Yes.

If my dad were to croak, I'd be the one to take over

operations here.

After years yearning to have his own mine...

You gave Kevin a bunch of help getting him going.

So is there anything you're going to help us with?

...this season, Mike pushed for a chance to prove he could

cut it as a mine boss.

Two weeks ago...

Ta-da!

...Mike delivered.

121.56.

I've ran on the Hill for 20 years.

Now this is my chance to run my own mine.

It's coming out my pocket

and more of it going back into my pocket.

Easy on the turns, please.

You don't need to do that sharp.

Thank you.

When we went away from Tony, we really wanted to show

that we can run a gold mine on our own.

We did it for one year.

Now we gotta make sure it's not just luck.

There is a chance we could have it all collapse

on us, you know?

A mile northwest, Tony's eldest son, Kevin Beets,

is under pressure.

He's mined over $2.5 million in gold.

But with the season running out,

he needs more than double that

to hit his 2,000-ounce goal.

The main thing is that we keep the plant going 24/7,

'cause this is what keeps us afloat.

But it is getting to the end of the season, so we just got

to do one last big [bleep] push.

This is where it really counts.

Obviously, it's quite stressful at the moment,

but we're all doing our best,

some more than others.

Hell, yeah.

Tayvin's constantly whipping around like a headless chicken,

which is really hard on the equipment.

He kind of needs to learn that there's repercussions

for some of his actions.

It's not good.

- Kevin, do you copy, Kevin? - Go for Kevin.

Tayvin's going too fast in the loader.

Seems to be a bit of a reoccurring problem.

Rock truck driver Ayla Mitchell hauls gold-rich pay

from the seven-acre Sphinx Cut 1,200 feet to the pay pile,

where loader operator Tayvin Peterson

feeds it into the plant.

I'm really enjoying it here at Kevin's,

working hard, running the loader as fast

as I possibly can.

It's crunch time.

We got to get as much done as we can.

[bleep]-- I keep getting messed up.

Oh, [bleep]. That's not great.

Why is he going so fast? The pile is right there.

Hey, Tayvin, Tayvin, got a copy?

What's up?

You're going to have to slow it down quite a bit, OK?

You're going way too [bleep] fast.

OK, copy that.

Thank you, thank you.

Uh...

I didn't think I was going too fast.

We're going to have to fix this, because we really don't

have the margin of error

for, like, someone beating the crap out of the loader.

If that loader goes [bleep] down,

the plant will be down for some time.

We can't have that.

Yeah, it really bums me out I was told to slow down.

I mean, can barely even keep up to the plant.

I don't want to get fired again for something stupid like

going too fast.

Unfortunately, we're going to have to let you go, Tayvin.

You just have a really [bleep] attitude.

Six weeks ago, Tayvin was fired from Parker's operation...

I've given you ample opportunity to do what is asked

of you, and you still do it Tayvin's way.

...for not following instructions

and running his loader too fast.

You boast about how many loads you can get in an hour.

Who does that?

See, right now, you're still telling me that you're right.

Get out of here! Go!

Get out of here!

This is sad.

Very frustrating.

It's not sinking in.

Just unnecessary wear and tear on the engines and completely

shred my transmission.

Might have to [bleep] switch him out.

We really can't have our gold total jeopardized just

by one guy going too [bleep] fast.

All right. Hello, Mams.

Hi, Kev.

What's up? We got a bit of a problem.

Tayvin, our loader operator, has been speeding and he's been

told many times to not.

It's not great.

We have to take him off.

Take him off the loader, put him on a truck?

Yeah.

But who are we going to send to replace him?

We could train up Ayla?

Kind of hesitant on Ayla.

The fact that we have to train someone up is cutting

into our time for sluicing.

If Tayvin wrecks one of the machines, well, we'd be

done for even longer, so...

- It's a [bleep] choice. - It just sucks.

Are you gonna spearhead this one?

Yeah, I'll take the lead. And you train Ayla.

I think I can do that, yeah.

Well, good luck, Mams.

Tayvin, can I see you by the office, please?

Yes, I'll be right there.

Let's go talk to the kid.

- Hey. - How's it going?

Not great.

Heard you've been speeding in the loader.

Feel like I've been slowing down quite a bit,

though, lately, or...

You've been told about it.

You have to learn from your [bleep]-ups.

Sorry, it was just an adjustment coming from

Parker's where Tyson trained us, like, to run the loaders

as fast as possible, so...

- Yeah, but we're not at Parker's anymore. - I know.

We're here at Kevin Beets' claim.

And that's how we set it up, so that you can go

slow and easy. - OK.

So...

we're gonna throw you on the rock truck.

Give you another chance.

Well, I appreciate the second chance.

- Don't [bleep] up. - OK.

She can be a bit scary, but...

this is a new mine

that I'm working for, so I'm gonna have to

fit in or [bleep] off.

I don't know.

Here we go.

Hey, Tyson, have you got a copy, Tyson?

Yep, go ahead, India.

Yep, that is the last of the pay out of the Golden Mile.

- I've just handed it over. - Right on.

Nice work. You killed it.

Sluice, baby, sluice.

Parker's crew has finally mined out

Dominion's Golden Mile.

Washplant Big Red is already

sluicing one giant pay pile from the cut.

Just [bleep] put it in there. Just put it down.

Now, Parker's eager to make up for lost time...

Just fling that [bleep], man.

Good.

...and get the fastest washplant in his arsenal,

the Golden Goose, running the newly finished

second pay pile.

There's a lot going on up here right now

at the old Golden Mile.

We're digging a ditch up the valley so that the new

plant can get water.

And we're trying to get the water to come, like, several

thousand feet upstream, which is a pretty big feat.

It's like we're compensating for probably

15 feet of just, like, elevation in the valley.

The other problem is that plant set up is very high, so I don't

know how much water pressure we're going to be

able to push that far up there.

To supply water to the Golden Goose,

Parker and his crew face two obstacles.

First, he needs to finish a 100-foot-deep ditch

from an old pond to link it

to the Goose's new intake pond and fill it.

Second, install a hose from a pump

up to the washplant's 160-foot-high pad.

If all goes to plan, and the water pressure is

sufficient, Parker's new million-dollar plant

will fire up for the first time.

All right, I think that looks pretty good.

Hey Kayden, go ahead and let that water rip and see if we've

got enough drop here and we can get this plant fired up.

I'm just getting ready to let some water in to the pond area.

It looks like this is working.

Next, mechanics Alec Kelly and Liam Pukila press on

with the last stage of the new plant setup.

I'm dragging...

Golden Goose's water line in place here.

It is a long run up to the plant.

The main concern we're going to be having is if we can't get

enough water going to Goose, then we're not using it

to its max potential, and we're not going to be able

to run the yardage Parker wants.

This might have just been all for nothing.

We just got the suction basket into place, and we'll be

pumping water to the plant shortly.

We'll see if she pumps water. I hope it does.

Hopefully nothing goes wrong,

because we've got to get this thing fired up.

Yeah, I'll send water on your call.

OK.

A lot of our season is riding on this right here.

Is the plant going to be able to do what we need it to?

Ready when you are, buttercup.

- You nervous? - I'm nervous.

Do you see the air coming out of it?

See the dust? Come on, you [bleep] thing.

Come on.

Oh!

[bleep] yeah!

All righty, India. Want to start feeding?

Here we go. First scoop in the Goose.

Hell, yeah. It's exciting.

Good job, guys!

Congratulations on your new purchase.

I mean, I'm just glad it worked.

Yeah, me too.

So what, did you want to go for yardage on this,

like 220 yards an hour?

30.

230? OK.

I just want to smash through that pile.

What?

I just put it up a little more.

It's 270 yards an hour.

What's the point of having a brand-new plant

if you're not going to, like... - Thunder-[bleep] it?

That wasn't what I was going to say, but yeah.

Yeah.

Something sounds weird.

Oh, [bleep]...

Oh, the belt's dry. [bleep]

OK, there's obviously a problem here.

[bleep]

Oh, boy. Alec!

- Oh, no. - Stop running around.

- You got a bar? - There's one right there.

He's got a big monster here.

It's a frozen ball of some sort.

There you go. From that side.

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

There you go.

Oh, there we go.

Parker's Golden Mile operation is back

running two washplants.

And with the Golden Goose running full throttle,

he's got a shot at hitting his 10,000-ounce target.

This new plant's really nice.

We've got a mountain of pay back there to run.

That is close to 1,000 hours of sluicing, and there's not much

more than 1,000 hours left in the season.

So now it's time to sprint to the finish line.

OK, Colby, lift up your ripper.

I'm gonna pull out Harald.

Pick it up and put it on a truck.

Mike Beets is finally in the driver's seat.

Having earned father Tony's trust on Paradise Hill,

he joins older brother Kevin in being given a piece

of the Beets empire,

the sprawling Indian River property, Wounded Moose.

Yeah, it's good enough, gentlemen.

Aye, aye, captain.

Mike's first mission...

safely transport washplant Harald

40 miles from Paradise Hill to his new claim.

It's just got to come up off the ground,

and then I [bleep] drive the truck underneath it.

I'll be laughing, that's it.

Nothing super complicated.

Colby, can you hop on the forklift, please?

And Len, get it on the other side.

Widen your forks all the way!

Many things can go wrong.

I don't plan for what's wrong,

I plan for getting it done right.

Up.

Go.

Full throttle. Full throttle.

Pull it.

The loader, for some reason, won't lift beyond

a certain point.

That doesn't make any sense, even slightly.

Because that thing has more power than that [bleep] thing.

Len, do you copy, Len?

I don't know what's wrong.

Yeah, and the worst part is, it's not even a lifting issue.

Something is locking it out.

It stops at the exact same spot every time.

Not power at all, eh?

The math don't math, right?

Change of plan.

I don't have time to [bleep] around with it.

Get another forklift over here,

and we're going to lift it with that.

We'll get this [bleep] thing done.

That's good-- up.

Go, go, go!

Keep her coming! Just back it up, back it up!

Good!

A little bit of trouble getting her on, but she'll be going

to Wounded Moose here soon.

Good to see her go where she'll be useful at least.

I think I'm good to go,

so let's see if we can get it out of here.

Driving Harald to its new home,

experienced trucker Len Hoekstra.

Yes, I do.

Hey.

- Hey, guys. - Hello.

Well, it's not good news.

After taking a phone call,

Minnie Beets has called an emergency family meeting.

So you were going to sluice on Wounded Moose?

I was talking to the gal that does the licensing for us,

and she told me...

we have no water license on that one.

Yeah.

Nope.

This is so [bleep] stupid.

Why are we just finding this out now?

Like what happened?

I honestly was under the impression there was

a three-, four-year license on it.

You were as well.

I really didn't realize it.

Wounded Moose has a water license under the previous

owner's name until 2027.

But the official paperwork has not yet been transferred

to the Beets family.

Without it, all mining is off limits.

It is what it is, man.

No.

Yeah.

Bye, guys.

Mike's dream of striking out on his own

has hit a major roadblock

until the family gets a new water license.

Every time I try to do something to get my own place,

it always, always comes to a dead stop.

Ugh...

Mike's dream of running his own mine might be wrecked,

but 40 miles away...

It's a [bleep] painful experience.

...his big brother Kevin is determined to stop Tayvin

from torpedoing his.

Rock truck, rock truck, rock truck,

rock truck, rock truck.

I don't want to seem like a complainer.

I mean, I just feel like the most useful place for me

is not in a rock truck.

I was doing really good on the plant, and then they put

Ayla on the plant.

That's not fair...

at all.

I'm happy for my own opportunity, just trying

not to pick up bad habits from Tayvin.

Ayla has now been promoted to loader operator duties

and is responsible for feeding the plant with pay.

I feel a little bit blessed to be trusted by Kevin and Faith

to learn, one, this piece of equipment,

and two, being trusted to feed the plant.

Demoted Tayvin can only look on as he hauls dirt

to the washplant's pay pile.

Yeah, it definitely sucks.

I mean, we're not allowed to go fast, which I think is absurd.

Sometimes I'll be going 10 and I'll be told to go a little

bit faster, and then sometimes I go 15 and I get told to slow

the [bleep] down and that I'm going way too [bleep] fast.

I thought I was going to get to learn a lot working here,

but I haven't really learned...

anything.

I mean, I've learned what not to do in the cut,

[bleep] lots of what not to do in the cut.

Because in my mind, it doesn't feel like we have a mine plan.

They come every day, and it's like,

"What are we doing? I don't know.

We'll figure it out."

We're gold mining.

We're not just digging holes and making rock quarries.

Yeah, it's just hard. I really enjoy Kevin.

He's a great guy, but Faith, she'll just,

like, glare at me, but...

everybody says that that's just how she is.

Tayvin, come up to the staging yard immediately.

These are not really fun conversations to have.

Am I getting fired?

So, you've been reprimanded this week.

Yeah.

So, like, I heard you [bleep] kicking us on the radio.

Sorry.

This is strike two.

Strike three, you're out.

Yeah.

This is the last month, almost.

I just need you to, like, basically man up.

Yeah.

Be an adult, yeah?

Yeah.

Thank you.

I really hope that message got through to him,

because otherwise he's gonna be gone.

Whoa, that was intense.

I definitely thought I was getting fired.

That was a terrible feeling, that's for sure.

Anymore [bleep]-ups and I'm getting canned.

Hey, Kev. Just reprimanded Tayvin.

This is his second violation in one week.

Told them to basically smarten up

or you're out, pretty much.

Ugh...

Already behind the eight ball, Kevin and Faith can't afford

any more hiccups with crew if they are to hit

their 2,000-ounce goal.

We are near the end of the season and we don't have

much time if it [bleep] goes [bleep] sideways.

We want to make sure that this operation is going somewhere.

This week we're going to need a big gold total.

Fingers [bleep] crossed.

- How is you? - Good, how are you?

Ah, not too bad.

There's some yellow.

There's some yellow [bleep] there, yeah.

Kevin and Faith are running out of time

to hit their 2,000-ounce season target.

It is kind of a shame that we had to deal with all this

Tayvin [bleep] this week. - Yeah, he seemed apologetic.

He said he will do better, so we'll see how it goes.

Yeah, well, it's going to be his catchphrase.

- "Oops, sorry." - Yeah.

How's stuff going in the office?

I see more gold has come in,

hopefully a little bit faster than the bills are

taking it out. - Not really, no.

That's not an encouraging face.

Things are going pretty bad.

- Let's see what we get. - All right.

Kevin has three weeks of gold to weigh up and needs

400 ounces if he has any hope of reaching his goal.

70, 80, 90...

105, 110...

160, 170, 190...

200, 220...

223.85.

Worth nearly $800,000.

It's not great.

72 ounces a week.

That is a little bit lower than expected.

What does that bring our total to?

Just under 1,000 ounces.

I wonder if 2,000 ounces was a bit much.

Maybe we bit off a bit more than we could chew.

I'll have to go look at our books, see where we're at.

Hopefully it's not...

too [bleep] bad.

Let's see what we can get.

All righty-ho, I'll clean up.

Hello.

Hi, guys. Long time no see.

So, Mike, I thought we were going to be neighbors.

Yeah, I thought that, too, but...

there's no water license on the ground,

so I can't do anything there.

That sucks, eh?

You didn't realize that.

Despite the setback at Wounded Moose

and being $4 million down,

Tony still has a full week's gold haul

from his Indian River and Paradise Hill claims.

How are your cleanups looking?

Uh, not too bad.

- I got some, uh... - Oh, there you go.

- ...nice nuggies, which is rare for the Hill. - Yeah.

So, should we weigh it all up then?

- Sure. - All right.

We got Find-A-Lot.

We got Sluice-A-Lot.

A lot of sluicing, eh?

What do we got for Sluice-A-Lot?

First, the Indian River's Corner Cut.

60, 70, 80...

Last week, Tony pulled in 625 ounces from his two mine sites

to cruise past his 6,500-ounce season goal.

200...

200 and...

218.74.

It's a good week.

It's all good.

Let's see what the Find-A-Lot found.

40, 80, 90, 100...

120, 130, 170, 180...

200, 210, 220, 230...

237.58.

That's awesome.

We still have some more left.

Whoop, whoop.

Let's see how much the Hill weighs in.

OK, Friar Tuck, let's go.

80, 90, 100, 110, 120...

130, 170, 180...

230, 240, 250...

258.98.

A 715 ounce,

two and a half million dollar week

takes his season total

to 7,333 ounces,

worth nearly $26 million.

Yes.

- Hey, hey. - Howdy, howdy.

Yo, yo.

- What up? - Hey, how's it going?

Well, hopefully there's a lot of gold in there and it's going

really good.

Little does Parker know,

the King of the Klondike is hot on his heels,

just 33 ounces behind him.

But with four washplants running, Parker has a chance

to pull clear again.

We got the Goose going, huh?

That new washplant's pretty sweet looking.

Yeah, and it, like, fired up real smooth.

I hope it's a good plant because, you know,

the Goose, that's not a name that really...

demands authority or...

Do you bring a loaf of bread every time you go do a cleanup?

A buddy of mine suggested the name.

I don't really like the name, so it's GG, the supermodel.

Yeah.

Well, you want to see how we did?

- Yeah. - All right.

I'm curious. Start with GG.

We don't have GG yet.

She hasn't been running long enough.

- Fine. - Stay tuned.

But we got the Golden Mile. Big Red, Golden Mile.

To hit his 10,000-ounce target,

Parker needs to average

440 ounces a week.

20, 40, 80, 100...

130...

140.7.

- Nice. - That's all right.

That's good for Big Red.

Yeah.

All righty, let's see how Bob did in the Bridge Cut.

For the last month, washplant Bob's gold haul has been

hovering above 100 ounces a week.

Got 20, 40, 80...

100, 120...

127.4.

Bob's still boring.

Yeah, I think it's the name, man.

Eh, could be worse.

All right, Roxanne.

Roxanne sluiced all week at Ken and Stuart's and needs

to deliver 172 ounces

to keep Parker on track.

We got...

40, 50, 60, 90...

110, 130...

We got 153.2.

Sick!

- Once GG gets back into the mix, it'll be good. - Yeah.

Throw that in and then we're back in the big numbers again.

Well, last week it was 317.25 ounces,

and this week is 421.3.

- Yeah! - So, we're going up.

Worth $1.5 million.

Our season total, 7,787.1.

We've gotta break eight next week.

Yes.

Let's hope for a warm fall.

Yeah, no doubt.

- All right, thanks, guys. - Yup.

- Thank you. - Thank you, Chris.

I'm really happy with four plants

back up and running, you know.

Things are looking up. I think that, um...

I do think we've got a real shot at making this happen.